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Accessions 


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tJJTITKBSITT 


HISTORY 


AND 


ALUMNI   RECORD 


State  Normal  School, 


BRIDGEWATER,  MASS. 


TO  JULY,  1876. 


BY 

ALBERT  G.  BOYDEN,  A.  M.,  PRINCIPAL. 


or  THE 

UHIVBRSITY 


BOSTON : 

NOYES     AND     SNOW 

1876. 


PRESS  OF 

NOYES  &>  SNO  Wt 

WORCESTER,    MASS, 


CONTENTS 


Origin  of  the  School,  -                      -  9 

Government  of  the  School,        -  -  14 

Board  of  Education,             -  -----  22 

Visitors  of  the  School,     -  ------  23 

Mr.  Tillinghast's  Administration,  -           -           -           -           -  25 

The  School,  -           -           -  ^ 

The  Model  School,    -                                             -  -                      ...  35 

Mr.  Tilliughast's  Idea  of  a  Normal  School,    -  -           .  .% 

The  Work  Done  by  Mr.  Tillinghast,  -                      -  33 

Memoir  of  Mr.  Tillinghast,       .  -                      ...  41 

The  Assistant  Teachers,      -  ...  58 

Alumni  Record,   -  -                       ...  59 

Mr.  Conant's  Administration,        -.  ....  80 

The  School,  ......  80 

The  Progress  of  the  School,  ......  86 

Memorial  Addresses  on  Mr.  Conant,   -  -                      -           -           -       87, 96 

Assistant  Teachers,  .           .           -  100 

Alumni  Record,  -                                  ...  101 

Mr.  Boyden's  Administration,  .                       -  112 

The  School  Buildings,    -  ...  112 

The  School,    -  -           -                      -  123 

Notes  by  the  Way,          ....  ......  133 

Instructors,   -                                                           -....._  13(5 

Alumni  Record,  ......  133 

Roll  of  Honor,  .  161 

Statistical  Summary,     -                                    -  .  165 

Normal  Lyceum,  .                                   .                       -  171 

Bridgewater  Normal  Association,        -  173 

Alphabetical  Index,                                    -           -  -           -           -           .           .           -176 


PREFACE. 


During  the  last  sixteen  years,  the  writer  has  often  been  asked  "  What  are  the  Normal  Schools 
doing ?  "  "  What  have  they  accomplished  ?  "  "  How  many  of  the  pupils  ever  teach  ?  "  "  How 
long  do  they  teach  on  the  average?"  "Does  it  pay  to  educate  young  ladies  in  the  Normal 
School,  when  so  many  of  them  do  not  teach,  or  get  married  so  soon?"  These  and  similar  ques- 
tions have  been  asked  by  all  classes  of  persons,  by  those  occupying  high  educational  positions, 
and  by  members  of  Legislative  committees  when  appropriations  have  been  asked  for  to  supply 
the  increasing  wants  of  the  school.  It  has  been  said  that  "half  of  the  persons  who  attend  these 
schools  never  teach,  and  of  the  other  half  the  majority  teach  but  a  short  time." 

At  the  Conventions  of  the  Alumni,  old  friends  rush  together,  and  after  the  hearty  hand-shak- 
ing, begin  to  inquire  about  each  other  and  about  the  absent  classmates  and  friends,  "Where 
have  you  been?"  "What  have  you  been  doing?"  "Where's  Mr.  Brown?"  "What  is  he 
doing?"  "  Where's  Miss  Smith*"  "Is  she  teaching,  or  is  she  married?"  And  so  the  inquiries 
go  on,  in  scores  of  groups,  through  the  whole  list  of  former  classmates. 

This  Centennial  year  was  seen  in  the  near  future  when  these  inquiries  would  again  be  pre- 
sented for  an  answer,  and  the  facts  would  be  wanted  on  record  to  go  down  to  posterity.  Incited 
by  what  was  thus  heard  and  seen,  the  writer  determined  to  record  the  leading  facts  in  the  history 
of  the  school,  and  to  gather  and  preserve  answers  to  the  most  prominent  questions  respecting 
the  past  members  of  the  school,  so  that  all  may  know  what  the  school  has  done,  and  the  Alumni 
have  the  pleasure  of  learning  some  of  the  things  they  would  like  to  know  about  their  Normal 
friends. 

A  brief  account  of  the  origin  of  the  school  is  first  presented,  showing  what  years  of  earnest 
effort  were  necessary  to  secure  the  establishment  of  the  Board  of  Education,  and  the  opening  of 
the  first  Normal  Schools.  This  is  followed  by  the  Rules  and  Regulations  originally  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Education  for  the  government  of  all  the  Normal  Schools,  with  the  modifications  that 
have  since  been  made  in  these  regulations ;  a  complete  list  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, and  of  the  Visitors  of  the  school;  an  account  of  the  school  under  each  of  the  three  Prin- 
cipals ;  statistical  summaries  showing  the  number  of  workers,  and  what  they  have  done ;  the 
1 1  oil  of  Honor,  presenting  the  noble  band  of  patriots  who  went  forth  to  fight  for  freedom  and 
free  institutions ;  a  brief  history  of  the  Normal  Lyceum,  and  the  Normal  Association ;  and  an 
Index  of  all  the  names  in  the  Alumni  Record. 

The  historical  part  of  the  book  has  been  prepared  from  original  sources;  — the  records  of  the 
Board  of  Education  and  files  of  papers  and  letters  preserved  by  them ;  an  account  of  the  action 
of  Plymouth  County  in  the  establishment  of  the  school,  furnished  by  Hon.  Artemas  Hale,  of 
Bridge  water,  who  was  a  prominent  leader  in  the  movement;  and  from  the  records  kept  by  the 
Principals  of  the  school.  The  account  of  the  school  has  been  given  in  three  administrations  for 
the  purpose  of  presenting  a  more  definite  picture  of  the  life  of  the  school  as  it  was  known  by  the 
Alumni. 

The  Alumni  Record  has  been  prepared  from  the  answers  to  circulars  sent  to  each  person  whose 
address  could  in  any  way  be  found.  It  presents  the  Alumni  in  classes  as  they  entered  the  school, 
with  their  residence  at  the  time  of  admission;  the  time  they  were  in  school;  the  time  they  have 
taught ;  their  present  occupation ;  and  their  present  address ;  and  the  date  of  the  death  of  those 
deceased,  so  far  as  known. 

( 'ircular  letters  of  inquiry  were  first  sent  out  early  in  1873.  The  responses  to  these  were  so  few 
and  tardy  that  the  whole  matter  was  dropped.  At  the  Convention  in  1874,  the  desire  for  more 
definite  information  about  the  Alumni  was  so  fully  expressed,  the  writer  determined  to  resume 
th«'  work  and  push  it  to  completion.  The  gathering  of  the  information  presented  in  the  Alumni 
s  been  attended  with  unexpected  difficulties.  Class  histories,  of  which  much  has  been 


vi  PREFACE. 

said  at  the  Conventions,  were  found  to  be  myths,  except  in  four  instances,  and  class  secretaries 
could  not  be  found  in  a  large  majority  of  the  classes.  Circular  letters  were  sent  again  in  1875, 
to  all  whose  address  could  be  obtained.  Twenty-five  hundred  of  these  printed  letters  of  inquiry 
were  sent  out.  Some  of  them  were  forgotten  by  the  recipients,  others  went  to  the  waste  basket; 
some  did  not  want  to  put  themselves  on  record ;  but  a  large  number  gladly  responded  fully.  A 
large  number  still  remained  who  had  not  been  found.  Letters  and  postal  cards  were  sent  to 
relatives  and  friends,  to  classmates,  to  post-masters,  to  any  persons  supposed  to  be  most  likely 
to  give  the  desired  information.  In  some  instances  it  was  found  that  the  inquiry  had  been  sent 
to  one  long  since  dead,  but  this  fact  was  brought  to  life  by  the  inquiry.  Our  thanks  are  specially 
due  to  many  of  the  Alumni  for  their  aid  in  obtaining  information  about  others,  and  to  post- 
masters for  their  kindness  in  forwarding  letters  and  answering  inquiries  about  persons  in  their 
towns.  Sometimes  five  or  six  letters  or  postals  have  been  sent  out  to  learn  about  one  Alumnus, 
obtaining  as  a  result,  in  some  cases,  the  desired  information,  in  others,  no  clue  whatever.  These 
and  other  difficulties  have  been  met.  They  are  merely  mentioned  in  explanation  of  the  delay  in 
bringing  out  the  book,  and  of  some  omissions,  and  a  few  errors  that  may  be  found.  Except  in 
a  very  few  instances,  the  statements  given  in  the  Alumni  Record  have  come  directly  from  the 
persons  of  whom  they  are  made,  or  from  near  relatives  who  knew  the  facts. 

In  one  way  or  another  we  have  succeeded  in  obtaining  some  record  of  more  than  three-fourths 
of  all  who  have  attended  the  school.  The  present  members  of  the  school  are  included  in  the 
total  of  the  Alumni,  but  are  not  counted  in  giving  the  number  heard  from.  AVe  wish  the  record 
could  have  included  an  account  of  every  Alumnus.  The  record  is  not  as  full  as  was  intended, 
but  is  all  that  could  be  obtained  at  this  time.  The  writer  cannot  hope  that  in  a  work  offering  so 
many  opportunities  for  error,  and  undertaken  by  him  in  addition  to  Ms  regular  school  work  and 
other  duties, — the  past  year  unusually  pressing, — no  mistakes  will  be  found;  he  trusts,  however, 
that  these  mistakes  are  few  in  number,  and  not  such  as  will  seriously  impair  the  record.  It  has 
been  impossible  for  the  writer  to  do  all  the  work  of  getting  the  information  for  the  Alumni 
Record,  but  for  the  efficient  assistance  of  one  whose  modesty  forbids  the  mention  of  her  name, 
it  could  not  have  been  completed  at  this  time. 

And  what  does  this  record  show?  Aside  from  its  interest  in  gratifying  curiosity,  from  its 
making  the  Alumni  better  acquainted  with  each  other,  and  uniting  them  more  strongly  as  a 
body,  it  is  hoped  that  this  work  will  be  useful  in  showing  the  vast  amount  of  work  already  done 
by  our  Alma  Mater,  though  now  but  thirty-six  years  of  age.  A  single  line  states  that  Mr.  A. 
has  taught  thirty  years.  This  means  that  a  man  with  the  mental  and  moral  power  and  influence 
which  the  thorough  training  of  Mr.  Tillinghast  gave,  has  been  laboring  all  these  years  in  form- 
ing the  habits  of  thought,  of  feeling,  and  of  action  in  the  large  number  of  young  minds  who 
have  been  under  his  training.  Another  line  states,  Miss  J.  has  taught  a  primary  school  thirty- 
two  years  in  one  city.  This  means  that  she  has  taken  hundreds  of  the  "little  ones,"  fresh  from 
the  hand  of  the  Creator,  has  wrought  at  the  springs  of  life,  and  has  given  direction  to  the  cur- 
rent of  the  whole  life.  What  a  grand  record  has  such  a  teacher!  "Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done 
it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me,"  says  the  Teacher  of  all  teachers. 
About  one-third  of  the  lady  members  have  married.  What  educational  influence  have  they 
exerted  as  wives  and  mothers,  in  their  homes,  and  in  the  villages  and  towns  where  they  live? 
And  the  men  who  have  left  teaching  after  a  few  years  to  engage  in  other  professions,  or  in  busi- 
ness pursuits,  has  their  influence  in  the  work  of  education  been  lost,  as  they  have  taken  their 
places  on  School  Committees,  in  the  halls  of  legislation,  and  in  the  town  meetings?  Let  Lone 
glance  over  the  thousands  of  lines  in  this  Alumni  Record,  and  sum  up  the  vast  amount  of  work 
done  in  the  nine  thousand  years  of  teaching  reported,  let  him  in  imagination  trace  the  lines  of 
its  influence  through  the  body  politic,  and  he  can  but  feel  that  the  God  of  the  Pilgrims  directed 
the  founding  and  the  carrying  on  of  the  Bridge  water  State  Normal  School. 

Grateful  as  this  retrospect  will  be  to  the  Alumni,  the  Teachers,  the  Visitors,  the  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation, and  the  Donors  to  the  Institution  must  feel  the  highest  satisfaction  in  the  review  of 
what  has  been  accomplished:  Would  the  early  friends  of  the  movement  wish  to  recall  any  of 
their  efforts  and  sacrifices?  Have  the  Board  of  Education  found  better  returns  for  any  other 
like  amount  of  work?  Would  the  Teachers  wish  that  their  labors  in  the  past  had  been  less? 
Could  they  have  cultivated  other  fields  that  would  have  yielded  a  richer  harvest?  Has  the  State 
found  other  investments  that  have  paid  a  larger  percentage?  Is  not  such  an  investment  a 

PAYING  ONE  ? 

The  days  of  small  things  and  of  severe  trial  have  passed  by,  the  Institution  is  now  recognized 
as  doing  an  important  work.  Though  it  has  accomplished  so  much,  it  has  but  just  entered  upon 
its  usefulness.  With  the  large  number  of  Alumni  now  at  work,  scattered  all  over  the  country, 


PREFACE.  VI 1 

from  the  "Pine  Tree  State"  to  the  "Golden  Gates"  of  the  Pacific,  each  as  an  educator,  and 
\vitli  the  annual  additions  to  be  made,  what  shall  be  accomplished  in  the  next  thirty-six  years? 
Let  every  Alumnus  answer. 

The  work  of  compiling  this  History  and  Alumni  Record  has  been  by  no  means  a  small  one, 
The  Alumni  Record  ought  to  be  kept  as  complete  as  possible.  The  writer  has  made  arrange- 
ments for  continuing  the  record  upon  the  books  to  be  kept  at  the  school. 

Is  it  too  much  to  ask  that  each  Alumnus  will  annually,  on  the  first  of  May,  send  a  postal  card 
directed  to  the  Principal  of  the  school,  telling  where  he  is  and  ichat  he  is  doing  ?  Let  every  Alum- 
nus do  this.  The  writer  will  feel  amply  repaid  for  his  labor  in  the  preparation  of  this  book,  if  it 
shall  prove  satisfactory  to  the  large  family  of  Alumni  whose  noble  career  it  records,  and  shall 
help  to  unite  them  more  closely  to  each  other  and  to  our  common  Alma  Mater.  It  is  hoped  that 
the  pictures  of  the  buildings  and  the  portraits  that  have  been  introduced  will  serve  to  revive 
many  pleasant  associations. 


EXPLANATION. 


The  asterisk  following  the  name  in  the  Alumni  Record  indicates  that  the  person  is  deceased. 
The  figure  after  the  residence  indicates  that  the  person  did  not  graduate,  and  shows  the  number 
of  terms  of  attendance. 


TJJU7BRSIT7 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

The  free  public  schools  established  by  the  early  settlers  of  Massa- 
chusetts have  always  been  cherished  by  the  people,  but  in  the  early 
part  of  the  present  century  there  was  a  great  decline  of  interest,  and 
a  great  want  of  well  qualified  teachers  for  the  common  schools.  A 
few  men  whose  attachment  to  the  cause  was  earnest  and  heartfelt, 
alive  to  the  importance  of  removing  these  defects  in  the  system  of 
public  instruction,  appealed  to  the  people  and  to  the  Legislature, 
through  the  press  and  by  every  form  of  public  address,  urging  the 
necessity  for  the  establishment  by  the  State,  of  a  Board  of  Education 
and  of  Normal  Schools  for  the  better  qualification  of  teachers  for  the 
common  schools. 

James  G.  Carter,  of  Lancaster,  was  the  first  to  call  public  attention 
in  Massachusetts  to  the  necessity  and  advantages  of  Normal  Schools, 
by  a  series  of  articles  published  in  the  Boston  Patriot,  in  the  winter 
of  1824-5,  with  the  signature  of ''Franklin. "  In  these  he  maintained 
that  "  the  first  step  toward  a  reform  in  our  system  of  popular  educa- 
cation,  is  the  scientific  preparation  of  teachers  for  the  free  schools. 
And  the  only  measure  that  will  insure  to  the  public  the  attainment  of 
the  object,  is  to  establish  an  institution  for  the  very  purpose."  He 
then  describes  the  leading  features  of  an  institution  for  the  education 
of  teachers.  These  essays  were  ably  written  and  attracted  much 
attention. 

After  twelve  years  of  persistent  effort  by  Mr.  Carter  and  others, 
the  Legislature  passed  an  act  establishing  the  Board  of  Education, 
which  was  signed  by  Governor  Edward  Everett,  April  20, 1837.  The 
Governor  appointed  as  members  of  this  Board,  James  G.  Carter,  Rev. 
Emerson  Davis,  Edmund  Dwight,  Horace  Mann,  Rev.  Edward  A. 
Newton,  Robert  Kantoul,  Jr.,  Rev.  Thomas  Robbins,  and  Jared 
Sparks.  The  Board  held  its  first  meeting  June  29,  1837,  chose  Hon. 
Horace  Mann  its  Secretary,  and  issued  an  address  to  the  people  of 
Massachusetts,  asking  their  co-operation,  and  calling  conventions  for 
the  discussion  of  the  interests  of  education,  which  were  held  during 
the  autumn  of  1837  in  every  county  of  the  State,  except  Suffolk. 


10  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

These  conventions  stirred  the  whole  community  to  a  higher  interest 
in  the  whole  subject  of  school  education. 

The  Board  of  Education  immediately  recommended  the  passage  of 
a  law  providing  for  the  establishment  of  Normal  Schools.  In  March, 
1838,  one  of  the  members  of  the  Board,  Hon.  Edmund  Dwight,  of 
Boston,  —  a  name  that  ought  ever  to  be  held  in  reverence  by  every 
friend  of  the  public  school  system  of  Massachusetts, — offered,  through 
the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education,  to  furnish  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars, "to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  Board,  for  qualifying 
teachers  for  our  common  schools,"  on  condition  that  the  Legislature 
would  appropriate  for  the  same  purpose  an  equal  amount.  On  the 
19th  of  April,  the  same  year,  the  Legislature  passed  resolves  accept- 
ing the  proposition.  With  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  at 
their  command,  the  Board  decided  to  establish  these  schools  for  the 
education  of  teachers,  each  to  be  continued  three  years,  as  an  exper- 
iment. May  30,  1838,  the  Board  voted  to  locate  one  of  these  schools 
in  the  county  of  Plymouth.  December  28,  1838,  the  Board  voted  to 
locate  the  other  two  at  Lexington  and  Barre.  The  schools  were 
opened,  at  Lexington,  July  3,  1839  ;  at  Barre,  September  4,  1839  ; 
and  at  Bridgewater,  September  9,  1840. 

The  people  of  Plymouth  County  were  the  first  to  make  application 
to  the  Board  for  the  location  of  one  of  these  schools.  They  had  be- 
come thoroughly  interested  in  the  subject,  chiefly  through  the  efforts 
of  Rev.  Charles  Brooks,  of  Hingham.  In  1835,  Mr.  Brooks,  hav- 
ing recently  returned  from  Europe,  deeply  in  love  with  the  Prussian 
system  of  Normal  Schools,  resolved  to  labor  for  the  establishment  of 
State  Normal  Schools  in  Massachusetts,  after  the  Prussian  model, 
hoping,  also,  that  the  first  one  should  be  located  in  Plymouth  County. 
He  delivered  lectures  upon  the  subject  before  conventions  in  nearly 
all  the  towns  in  the  County,  before  the  Legislature,  and  in  many 
towns  throughout  the  State. 

A  committee  of  the  convention  of  the  friends  of  education,  in  Ply- 
mouth County,  presented  the  application  to  the  Board  at  their  annual 
meeting,  May  30,  1838.  The  Board  immediately  voted  to  establish 
a  Normal  School  in  the  County  of  Plymouth  "  as  soon  as  suitable 
buildings,  fixtures  and  furniture,  and  the  means  of  carrying  on 
the  school,  exclusive  of  the  compensation  of  teachers,  shall  be 
provided  and  placed  under  the  control  of  the  Board."  The  Board 
suggested  that  Academy  buildings,  sufficient  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  a  hundred  pupils,  and  a  mansion  house,  or  houses,  for 
their  residence,  would  be  deemed  adequate  to  meet  the  public 
wants. 


ORIGIN    OF   THE    SCHOOL.  11 

Measures  were  immediately  taken  to  comply  with  the  conditions  of 
the  Board.  To  create  an  interest  in  the  cause  among  the  people  of 
the  county,  a  convention  was  called,  to  meet  at  Hanover,  Sept.  4, 
1838.  The  convention  was  largely  attended.  The  following  notice 
of  the  proceedings  is  abridged  from  the  Hingham  Patriot. 

After  an  address  by  Mr.  Mann,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, on  "  Special  Preparation,  a  Pre-requisite  to  Teaching,"  Rev. 
Charles  Brooks  introduced  a  resolution  approving  of  a  plan,  pro- 
posed by  a  committee  of  the  Association,  to  raise  in  the  several  towns 
in  the  county,  a  sum  (ten  thousand  dollars)  sufficient  to  provide  a 
building,  fixtures  and  apparatus,  in  order  to  secure  the  location  of  one 
of  the  three  Normal  Schools  in  Plymouth  county. 

Mr.  Ichabod  Morton  of  Plymouth,  who  had  two -years  before, 
offered  to  meet  one-tenth  of  the  expense  of  the  enterprise,  "  advo- 
cated raising  up  better  teachers,  who,  by  a  Christian  education,  could 
carry  the  happiness  of  childhood  fresh  and  whole  through  life." 

Hon.  Robert  Rantoul,  of  Gloucester,  thought  a  reformation  in  our 
common  schools  was  exceedingly  needed,  and  this  change  for  the 
better  could  only  be  effected  by  better  teachers,  well  paid,  and  per- 
manently employed. 

Rev.  George  Putnam,  of  Roxbury,  ably  refuted  several  objections 
to  the  Normal  Schools,  one  of  which  was  "  that  it  was  some  trick  of 
the  rich  to  get  advantage  of  the  poor ;  "  and  another,  "  that  it  may 
tend  to  raise  the  wages  of  our  teachers." 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams  said  "  I  have  examined  the  subject  of 
late,  and  I  think  the  movements  in  this  county  by  the  friends  of  edu- 
cation have  been  deliberate,  and  wise,  and  Christian ;  and  I  think  the 
plan,  contemplated  by  the  very  important  resolution  before  the  meet- 
ing, cannot  but  find  favor  with  every  one  who  would  examine  and 
comprehend  it.  On  this  great  and  glorious  cause  let  us  expend 
freely,  yes,  more  freely  than  on  any  other." 

Hon.  Daniel  Webster  said,  "  I  rejoice  at  the  noble  efforts  here  made 
of  late,  and  hope  they  may  be  crowned  with  entire  success.  This 
plan  of  a  Normal  School  in  Plymouth  county  is  designed  to  elevate 
our  common  schools,  and  thus  to  carry  out  the  noble  ideas  of  our  Pil- 
grim Fathers.  There  is  growing  need  that  this  be  done.  The  good 
which  these  seminaries  are  to  spread  through  the  community  is 
incalculable." 

Rev.  Thomas  Robbins,  of  Rochester,  remarked,  "As  the  offer  of 
the  Normal  Schools  had  been  first  made  to  the  Old  Colony,  that 
"Mother  of  us  all,'  I  hope  that  the  descendants  of  the  Pilgrims  will 
sustain  the  exalted  character  of  their  fathers ;  and,  as  in  times  past, 


12  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

so  now,  go  forward  in  improvements  which  are  to  elevate  and  bless 
all  coming  generations." 

An  association  was  formed  for  raising  the  proposed  fund,  and  the 
Legislature  of  1839  passed  an  act  incorporating  Artemus  Hale,  of 
Bridgewater,  Seth  Sprague,  Jr.,  of  Duxbury,  Ichabod  Morton,  of 
Plymouth,  Sylvanus  Bourne,  of  Wareham,  Arad  Thompson,  of  Mid- 
dleborough,  and  their  associates  and  successors,  by  the  name  of  the 
"  Plymouth  County  Normal  School,  in  the  County  of  Plymouth,"  to 
provide  the  buildings  for  the  use  of  the  school.  Artemus  Hale,  of 
Bridgewater,  was  President  of  this  Corporation,  and  was  very  active 
and  influential  in  securing  the  means  for  the  establishment  of  the 
school. 

These  Trustees  held  meetings  in  most  of  the  towns  of  the  county, 
in  which  the  importance  of  the  measure  was  ably  and  strongly  urged. 
The  towns  of  Plymouth,  Duxbury,  Marshfield,  Abington  and  Ware- 
ham,  voted  to  make  appropriations  for  the  school  from  the  surplus 
revenue,  which  had  just  before  been  divided  by  the  general  govern- 
ment. The  amount  thus  pledged  was  little  more  than  eight  thousand 
dollars.  The  Trustees  then  agreed  that  the  town  in  which  the  school 
should  be  located  should  pay  the  additional  two  thousand  dollars.  In 
several  towns  individuals  agreed  to  do  this,  provided  the  school 
should  be  located  in  their  own  town.  It  was  decided  that  the  loca- 
tion should  be  made  by  disinterested  men.  Accordingly,  Hon. 
Samuel  Hoar,  Hon.  Robert  Rantoul,  Jr..  and  Hon.  James  G.  Carter, 
were  appointed  for  that  purpose.  They  gave  a  public  hearing  at 
Bridgewater,  March  26,  1840.  The  principal  competition  was 
between  Plymouth,  Middleborough,  and  Bridgewater,  and  the 
respective  claims  of  these  towns  were  urged  in  the  strongest  manner 
possible.  The  decision  was  in  favor  of  Bridgewater.  At  this  stage 
some  of  the  towns  which  had  voted  to  pay  their  proportion  of  the  ten 
thousand  dollars,  refused  to  do  so,  and  as  the  other  pledges  were  made 
on  the  condition  that  the  full  sum  should  be  raised,  the  whole  matter, 
as  to  funds,  for  which  so  much  time  and  money  had  been  spent, 
became  null  and  void.  To  prevent  the  failure  of  an  enterprise  of  so 
much  importance,  application  was  made  to  the  Board  of  Education  to 
know  on  what  terms  they  would  establish  the  school  at  Bridgewater. 
The  Board  voted  "  that  the  school  be  established  at  Bridgewater  for 
the  term  of  three  years,  on  condition  that  the  people  of  the  town  put 
the  Town  House  in  such  a  state  of  repair  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  accommodation  of  the  school,  and  that  they  place  at  the  disposal 
of  the  Visitors  of  the  school  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  to  be 
expended  in  procuring  a  library  and  apparatus,  and  that  they  give 


ORIGIN    OF    THE    SCHOOL.  13 

reasonable  assurance  that  the  scholars  shall  be  accommodated  with 
board  within  a  suitable  distance  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  two  dol- 
lars per  week." 

The  town  accepted  these  conditions,  granted  the  use  of  the  Town 
House,  spent  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  in  fitting  it  up,  and  paid 
the  five  hundred  dollars  for  library  and  apparatus.  A  school  house 
for  the  Model  School,  connected  with  the  Normal  School,  was  built 
by  the  Centre  School  District  at  an  expense  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  people  of  Plymouth  county  were  fore- 
most in  the  endeavor  to  open  a  Normal  School,  that  they  proposed  to 
raise  a  fund  sufficient  to  give  it  a  permanent  home  at  the  outset,  and 
for  nearly  two  years  the  friends  of  the  movement  made  every  possible 
effort  to  accomplish  the  desired  object.  But  the  time  for  so  large  an 
outlay  had  not  come ;  the  Normal  School  in  Massachusetts  was  an 
untried  experiment,  and  it  must  be  content  with  an  humble  beginning. 
This  prolonged  effort  to  provide  good  buildings  at  the  start,  made 
this  the  last  of  the  first  three  Normal  Schools  of  the  State  to  be 
opened,  but  it  was  so  firmly  planted  in  Bridgewater  by  these  efforts 
that  it  has  never  changed  its  location. 

Horace  Mann  said  of  this  school,  at  the  dedication  of  the  school 
house,  in  1846,  "Its  only  removal  has  been  a  constant  moving 
onward  and  upward,  to  higher  and  higher  degrees  of  prosperity  and 
usefulness." 


14  BRIDGEWATER   STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 


GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

The  twenty  thousand  dollars  furnished  "  for  qualifying  teachers  for 
our  common  schools,"  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, without  any  specifications  for  its  expenditure.  The  object  of 
this  provision  evidently  was  to  test  the  utility  of  State  Normal  Schools 
in  educating  teachers.  The  particular  form  of  the  experiment,  and 
all  the  details  of  these  institutions  were  left  entirely  to  the  discretion 
of  the  Board,  and  they  have  continued  to  have  the  entire  manage- 
ment of  these  schools.  May  27,  1838,  the  Board  adopted  the  follow- 
ing Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Massachusetts  Normal  Schools, 
which,  with  the  modifications  indicated,  are  still  in  force. 

VISITORS. 

"The  Board  of  Education  will  choose  by  ballot,  for  each  school, 
three  of  their  members  to  be  its  Visitors." 

"It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Visitors,  or  the  major  part  of  them,  to 
visit  the  school  under  their  charge  at  least  once  every  term,  to  super- 
vise the  administration  of  its  Rules ;  to  be  present  at,  and  direct  the 
examination  of  all  candidates  for  admission,  and  of  pupils  leaving 
the  school  with  the  purpose  of  becoming  teachers  ;  to  advise  with  the 
Principal  in  all  matters  of  internal  discipline ;  to  submit,  by  their 
chairman,  estimates  of  the  appropriations  necessary  to  be  made  for  the 
support  of  their  schools;  to  draw,  by  their  chairman,  on  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  Board  for  the  sums  of  money  appropriated  to  their  school, 
as  the  same  shall  from  time  to  time  be  needed  to  pay  expenses ;  and 
to  report  of  their  doings,  and  the  state  of  the  school,  to  the  Board, 
once  a  year  at  least,  and  oftener  if  they  have  occasion  and  opportunity. 

"  The  Visitors  shall  have  power  to  suspend  any  of  the  existing  reg- 
ulations of  the  school,  and  to  establish  new  ones,  to  have  effect  until 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education." 

INSTRUCTORS. 

"  The  Board  will  appoint  for  each  school  a  Principal  Instructor, 
who  shall  direct  and  conduct  the  whole  business  of  government  and 
instruction,  subject  to  the  Rules  of  the  Board  and  the  supervision  of 
the  Visitors. 

"  At  all  examinations  the  Principal  shall  attend  and  take  such  part 
therein  as  the  Visitors  may  assign  to  him,  and  make  reports  to  them 
at  such  times  and  on  such  points  as  they  may  require. 


GOVERNMENT    OF    THE    SCHOOL.  15 

"Assistants.  The  Visitors  shall  appoint  Assistant  Instructors  when 
authorized  or  directed  to  do  so  by  the  Board.  The  Assistants  will  be 
subordinate  to  the  Principal,  and  perform  such  duties  as  he  may 
assign  to  them." 

CONDITIONS  OF  ADMISSION. 

"  Candidates  for  admission,  -proposing  to  qualify  themselves  to  be- 
come school  teachers,  must  have  attained  the  age  of  seventeen  years 
complete,  if  males,  and  sixteen  years  if  females,  and  be  free  from 
any  disease  or  infirmity  which  would  unfit  them  for  the  office  of 
teacher.  They  must  be  well  versed  in  Orthography,  Reading,  Writ- 
ing, Arithmetic,  Geography  and  Grammar.  They  must  furnish  sat- 
isfactory evidence  of  good  intellectual  capacity,  and  of  high  moral 
character  and  principles.  Examinations  for  admission  will  take  place 
at  the  commencement  of  each  academic  year,  and  oftener,  at  the  dis- 
cretion and  convenience  of  the  Visitors  and  the  Principal." 

COURSE  OF  INSTRUCTION. 

"  Instruction  will  be  given  in  the  following  branches,  namely  :— 

1.  Orthography,  Reading,  Grammar,  Composition  and  Rhetoric, 
Logic. 

2.  Writing,  Drawing. 

3.  Arithmetic,   mental   and  written,   Algebra,    Geometry,  Book- 
keeping, Navigation,  Surveying. 

4.  Geography,  ancient  and  modern,  with  Chronology,  Statistics 
and  General  History. 

5.  Physiology. 

6.  Mental  Philosophy. 

7.  Music. 

8.  Constitution  and  History  of  Massachusetts  and  of  the  United 
States. 

9.  Natural  Philosophy  and  Astronomy. 

10.  Natural  History. 

11.  The  Principles  of  Piety  and  Morality  common  to  all  sects  of 
Christians. 

12.  The  Science  and  Art  of  Teaching  -with  reference  to  all  the 
above  named  subjects. 

"  A  portion  of  the  Scriptures  shall  be  daily  read  in  the  Normal 
Schools. 

"  Such  of  the  above  studies  as  are  required  by  the  Statutes  to  be 
taught  in  the  public  schools,  shall  be  the  first  and  most  constant  ob- 
jects of  attention  in  the  Normal  Schools. 


. 

. 

16  fcRIDGEWATER   STATE   NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

"  One  or  more  of  the  above  named  branches  may  be  omitted  in  any 
school,  or  in  certain  classes  of  a  school,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Prin- 
cipal, with  the  consent  of  the  Visitors." 

LENGTH  OF  THE  COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

"The  courses  of  studies  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  occupy  one 
year,  but  provision  shall  always  be  made  for  the  further  instruction  of 
those  pupils  who,  with  the  advice  of  the  Principal,  may  choose  to 
continue  in  the  school  for  a  longer  period." 

CERTIFICATES. 

f(  Pupils  who  shall  have  been  members  of  any  of  the  Normal  Schools 
for  one  year  or  more,  and  have  attended  to  its  rules  and  studies  in  a 
manner  satisfactory  to  the  Visitors,  shall,  on  leaving,  be  entitled  to  a 
certificate  of  qualifications,  in  such  form  as  the  Board,  or  the  visitors, 
may  hereafter  prescribe.  The  certificate  to  be  given  by  the  Principal, 
under  the  direction  or  by  order  of  the  Visitors." 

The  Committee  of  the  Board  who  reported  the  above  Rules  and 
Regulations,  say,  in  closing  their  report,  "  we  will  not  undertake  to 
prescribe  rules  for  the  internal  discipline,  classification,  and  order  of 
study  of  the  schools.  On  these  points  much  must  be  left  to  the  wis- 
dom and  genius  of  the  instructor.  We  want  at  the  head  of  every 
school  a  man  of  such  energy  and  skill,  that  having  furnished  him 
with  school  house,  scholars,  and  apparatus,  and  a  bare  outline  of  our 
plan  and  wishes,  we  can  trust  him  to  say,  with  the  Principal  of  the 
Haarlem  school,  "  I  am  the  Code ;  there  is  no  other."  And  indeed, 
there  is  no  other  that  will  accomplish  our  designs  in  a  manner  satis- 
factory to  the  public  and  to  the  benefactors  of  the  Normal  Schools." 

In  expenditures  the  Visitors  cannot  exceed  the  sum  allotted  by  the 
Board,  nor  can  the  Board  exceed  the  amount  specifically  appropriated 
by  the  Legislature  each  year. 

CHANGES  IN  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

Visitors.  Since  the  increase  in  number  of  the  Normal  Schools, 
the  Board  have  chosen  for  each  school  two  of  their  members,  instead 
of  three,  to  be  its  Visitors,  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  is  a  Visitor 
of  each  of  the  schools.  The  duties  of  the  Visitors  have  not  been 
changed. 

Instructors.  The  following  requirement  has  been  added  :  "  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Principal  to  make  a  report,  at  the  end  of  each 
term,  to  the  Visitors,  and,  if  in  their  judgment,  any  do  not  promise  to 
be  useful  as  teachers,  they  shall  be  dismissed." 


GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  SCHOOL.  17 

In  May,  1859,  the  Board  of  Education  voted,  "That  the  Principals 
of  the  several  Normal  Schools  shall  have  power  to  remove  pupils 
temporarily  for  misconduct,  and  shall  immediately  report  every  such 
case  to  the  Visitors  for  final  action." 

The  following  votes  were  passed  by  the  Board  of  Education,  De- 
cember 2,  1874: 

Voted,  "  That  the  Principal  of  each  Normal  School  shall  annually 
present  an  account  to  the  Visitors,  debiting  himself,  or  herself,  with 
$2.00  per  term  from  each  pupil,  and  crediting  himself  with  the 
expenditures  from  this  fund.  This  account  shall  be  audited  by  the 
Visitors,  and  a  general  statement  of  the  account  shall  be  annexed  to 
their  report,  and  the  account  shall  be  placed  on  file  with  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  Board." 

Voted,  "That  the  principals  of  the  boarding  houses  shall,  at  the 
close  of  every  term,  render  to  the  Visitors  accounts  charging  them- 
selves with  the  full  amount  of  board  for  each  pupil,  and  with  all  extras 
charged,  and  crediting  themselves  with  the  sums  expended  for  meats, 
vegetables,  butter  and  eggs,  groceries,  fuel,  light,  wages,  repairs  on 
house,  repairs  on  furniture,  incidentals,  and  the  amount  brought  from 
the  last  account ;  that  these  accounts  be  audited  by  the  Visitors,  and  a 
general  statement  of  expenditures  be  presented  to  the  Legislature 
with  the  annual  report  of  the  school." 

Conditions  of  Admission.  From  the  beginning  ot  the  school  to 
the  nineteenth  term,  inclusive,  pupils  were  required  to  remain  in  the 
school  at  least  two  terms,  which,  however,  were  not  necessarily  suc- 
cessive. 

May  27,  1846,  the  Board  passed  an  order  requiring  pupils  who 
should  afterward  enter  the  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater,  to  do  so 
with  the  avowed  intention  of  remaining  at  least  one  year  in  succes- 
sive terms.  Accordingly,  after  the  nineteenth  term,  candidates  for 
admission  were  required  to  sign  the  following  declaration  :  "  We, 
the  subscribers,  on  entering  the  Normal  School,  declare  that  it  is  our 
intention  to  become  teachers ;  that  we  are  of  the  requisite  age,  and 
intend  to  remain  in  the  school  for  three  successive  terms."  At  this 
time  there  were  three  terms,  of  fourteen  weeks  each,  in  the  year. 

In  1869,  provision  was  made  for  a  four  years'  course  of  study. 
New  members  are  admitted  to  the  shorter  course  of  two  years  at  the 
commencement  of  each  term,  to  the  course  of  four  years,  at  the  com- 
mencement of  each  Fall  term. 

Since  1860,  candidates  foradmission  have  been  examined  in  the 
History  of  the  United  States,  in  addition  to  the  studies  previously 
required. 


18  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

Course  of  Instruction.  —  December  13,  1849,  the  Board  adopted 
the  following  rules  in  relation  to  the  order  and  distribution  of  the 
studies  in  the  course  :  — 

1.  "The  Course  of  Study  in  each  of  the  Normal   Schools,  shall 
begin  with  a  review  of  the  studies  pursued  in  the  common  schools, 
namely :    Reading,  Writing,  Orthography,  English  Grammar,  Men- 
tal and  written  Arithmetic,  Geography  and  Physiology. 

2.  "The  attention  of  the  pupils  in  the  Normal  Schools  shall  be 
directed  1,  To  a  thorough  review  of  elementary  studies ;   2,  To  those 
branches  of  knowledge  which  may  be  considered  as  an  expansion  of 
the  above  named  elementary  studies,  or  collateral  to  them  ;  3.  To  the 
art  of  teaching  and  its  modes. 

3.  "The  advanced  studies  shall  be  equally  proportioned,  according 
to  the  following  distribution,  into  three  departments,  namely  :  1,  The 
Mathematical,  including  Algebra,  through  Quadratic  Equations  ;  Ge- 
ometry, to  an  amount  equal  to  three  books  in  Euclid ;  Book-keeping, 
and  Surveying.     2.  The  Philosophical,  including  Natural  Philoso- 
phy, Astronomy,  Moral  and  Intellectual   Philosophy,   Natural  His- 
tory, particularly  that  of  our  own  country,  and  so  much  of  Chemistry 
as  relates   to  the  atmosphere,  the  waters,  and  the  growth  of  plants 
and   animals.     3.  The  Literary,  including  the  critical  study  of  the 
English  language,  both  in  its  structure  and  history,  with  an   outline 
of  the  history  of  English  literature;  the  history  of  the  United  States, 
with  such  a  survey  of  general  history  as  may  be  a  suitable  prepara- 
tion for  it;  and  Historical  Geography,  ancient  and  mediaeval,  so  far 
as  is  necessary  to  understand  general  history,  from  the  earliest  times 
to  the  period  of  the  French  Revolution. 

4.  "The   art  of  teaching  and  its  modes,  shall  include  instruction 
on  the  philosophy  of  teaching  and  discipline,  as  drawn  from  the  na- 
ture and  condition  of  the  juvenile  mind ;  the  history  of  the  progress 
of  the  art,  and  the  application  of  it  to  our  system  of  education ;  and 
as  much  exercise  in  teaching  under  constant  supervision,  towards  the 
close  of  the  course,  as  the  circumstances  and  interests  of  the  Model 
Schools  will  allow." 

In  June,  1853,  the  Board  voted,  "that  the  direct  preparation  of 
teachers  by  actual  practice  of  teaching,  under  the  eye  and  supervision 
of  the  Principal,  be  regarded  as  an  essential  part  of  the  process  of 
qualifying  teachers  for  the  public  schools,  and  that  the  Visitors  of  the 
several  Normal  Schools  be  directed  to  see  that  this  principle  be  car- 
ried out  in  the  schools  under  their  charge." 

The  Board  of  Education,  by  a  vote  passed  January  9,  1866,  pre- 
scribed the  following  course  of  study,  for  the  State  Normal  Schools : 


GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  SCHOOL.  19 

"  The  design  of  the  Normal  School  is  strictly  professional ;  that  is, 
to  prepare,  in  the  best  possible  manner,  the  pupils  for  the  work  of 
organizing,  governing,  and  teaching  the  public  schools  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. 

"To  this  end,  there  must  be  the  most  thorough  knowledge  ;  first,  of 
the  branches  of  learning  required  to  be  taught  in  the  schools ;  and 
second,  of  the  best  methods  of  teaching  those  branches. 

"The  time  of  the  course  extends  through  a  period  of  two  years,  and 
is  divided  into  terms  of  twenty  weeks  each,  with  daily  sessions  of  not 
less  than  five  hours,  five  days  each  week." 

Branches  of  Study  to  be  pursued. 

First  Term.  —  1.  Arithmetic,  oral  and  written,  begun.  2.  Geome- 
try, begun.  3.  Chemistry.  4.  Grammar  and  Analysis  of  English 
Language. 

Second  Term.  —  1.  Arithmetic,  completed;  Algebra,  begun.  2. 
Geometry,  completed ;  Geography  and  History,  begun.  3.  Physi- 
ology and  Hygiene.  4.  Grammar  and  Analysis,  completed.  5. 
Lessons  twice  a  week  in  Botany  and  Zoology. 

Third  Term.  —  1.  Algebra,  completed  ;  Book-keeping.  2.  Ge- 
ography and  History,  completed.  3.  Natural  Philosophy.  4.  Rhe- 
toric and  English  Literature.  5.  Lessons  twice  a  week  in  Min- 
eralogy and  Geology. 

Fourth  Term.  —  1.  Astronomy.  2.  Mental  and  Moral  Science, 
including  the  Principles  and  Art  of  Reasoning.  3.  Theory  and  Art 
Teaching,  including:  (1)  Principles  and  Methods  of  Education. 
(2)  School  Organization  and  Government.  (3)  School  Laws  of 
Massachusetts.  4.  The  Civil  Polity  of  Massachusetts  and  the 
United  States. 

"  In  connection  with  the  foregoing,  constant  and  careful  attention 
to  be  given  throughout  the  course  to  Drawing  and  Delineations  on 
the  blackboard  ;  Vocal  Music ;  Spelling,  with  derivations  and  defini- 
tions ;  Reading,  including  analysis  of  sounds  and  vocal  gymnastics ; 
and  Writing. 

"The  Latin  and  French  languages  may  be  pursued  as  optional 
studies,  but  not  to  the  neglect  of  the  English  course. 

"  General  exercises  in  Composition,  Gymnastics,  Object  Lessons, 
etc.,  to  be  conducted  in  such  a  manner  and  at  such  times  as  the  Prin- 
cipal shall  deem  best. 

"Lectures  on  the  different  branches  pursued,  and  on  related  top- 
ics, to  be  given  by  gentlemen  from  abroad,  as  the  Board  of  Visitors 
shall  direct,  and  also  bv  the  teachers  and  more  advanced  scholars. 


20  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

:t  The  order  of  the  studies  in  the  course  may  be  varied  in  special 
cases,  with  the  approval  of  the  Visitors." 

The  Board  of  Education,  on  February  3d,  1869,  voted,  "that  a 
Supplemental  Course  of  Study,  occupying  two  years,  be  introduced 
into  each  of  the  four  Normal  Schools,  which  shall  comprise  the 
Latin,  French,  Higher  Mathematics,  Ethics,  Natural  Sciences,  and 
English  Literature."  The  object  of  this  advanced  course,  is  to  give 
to  young  persons  of  decided  ability  the  opportunity  to  prepare  them- 
selves, thoroughly,  to  meet  the  constantly  increasing  demand  for  well- 
trained  .teachers  in  the  higher  grades  of  the  public  schools. 

Pupils  who,  on  entering  the  school,  have  in  view  the  comple- 
tion of  this  higher  course,  may  take  a  part  of  its  studies  in  connec- 
tion with  a  part  of  the  branches  in  the  shorter  course,  and  in  this 
way,  at  the  end  of  four  years,  be  prepared  to  graduate  from  both 
courses  simultaneously.  This  arrangement  gives  the  students  the 
benefit  of  the  study  of  the  languages  in  connection  with  the  study  of 
the  other  branches  of  the  course 

Length  of  the  Course  of  Study.  —  The  course  of  study  was 
arranged  for  one  year,  at  the- beginning,  but  during  the  first  six  years 
pupils  were  required  to  remain  in  the  school  only  two  terms,  and  these 
need  not  be  successive,  so  that  practically,  the  course  of  required 
studies  extended  through  two  terms,  and  after  the  second  term 
scholars  were  permitted  to  select  their  studies. 

From  the  beginning  of  the  twentieth  term,  August  5,  1846,  to  the 
beginning  of  the  forty-fifth  term,  March  21,  1855,  the  course  of  re- 
quired studies  was  three  successive  terms  of  fourteen  weeks  each. 
After  the  first  term,  pupils  were  allowed  to  select  one  or  two  of  the 
permitted  studies  in  addition  to  the  required  studies. 

From  the  forty-fifth  term,  March,  1855,  to  the  beginning  of  the 
sixty-fifth  term,  March,  1865,  the  required  course  was  three  succes- 
sive terms  of  twenty  weeks  each. 

Since  March,  1865,  the  required  course  has  been  four  successive 
terms  of  twenty  weeks  each,  and  the  course  has  been  so  full  as  to 
occupy  all  the  time  of  the  pupils  without  any  optional  studies.  Any 
pupils  who  desired  have  extended  their  course  through  additional 
terms,  and  have  thus  taken  such  additional  studies  as  they  chose 
in  connection  with  existing  classes. 

Since  1869  the  advanced  course  has  furnished  full  opportunity  for 
extending  the  course  of  study. 

Each  extension  of  the  course  has  been  caused  by  the  demand  for 
higher  qualifications  in  the  graduates  of  the  school.  The  pupils 
have  felt  the  need  of  more  thorough  preparation  and  have  gladly 


GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  SCHOOL.  21 

improved  the  opportunity  to  get  it,  so  that  the  effect  of  each  exten- 
sion has  been  to  increase  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance,  and  to 
elevate  the  character  of  the  school.  A  course  of  three  years  is  none 
too  long  to  meet  the  demands  made  upon  the  graduates  of  the  school 
at  the  present  time. 

Certificates  and  Diplomas.  —  Certificates,  written  and  signed  by 
the  Principal,  were  given  to  those  who  satisfactorily  completed  the 
required  course  of  study  until  May,  1861,  when  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, having  provided  a  handsomely  engraved  diploma,  voted,  "That 
one  of  these  diplomas  be  given  to  each  member  of  the  graduating 
classes  in  future,  for  which  no  charge  shall  be  made.  And  any 
graduate  desiring  a  copy  on  parchment  may  receive  such  upon  pay- 
ment of  the  actual  cost." 

The  diploma  is  signed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, the  Visitors  of  the  School,  and  the  Principal. 


22 


13RIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL, 


THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

The  following  is  a  complete  list  of  the  members  of  the  Board  from 
its  organization  to  the  present  time.  The  persons  are  named  in  the 
order  of  their  appointment  or  connection  with  the  Board,  and  they 
represent  the  various  religious  denominations,  learned  professions, 
and  political  parties. 

Names  of  the  members  of  the  Board  since  its  establishment  in  1837. 


*  JAMES  G.  CARTER, 

*  EMERSON  DAVIS, 

*  EDMUND  DWIGHT, 

*  HORACE  MANN, 

*  EDWARD  A.  NEWTON, 

*  ROBERT  RANTOUL,  JR., 

*  THOMAS  ROBBINS, 
*JARED  SPARKS, 
GEORGE  PUTNAM, 
CHARLES  HUDSON, 
GEORGE  N.  BRIGGS, 
WILLIAM  G.  BATES, 
JOHN  W.  JAMES, 
ELISHA  BARTLETT, 
HEMAN  HUMPHREY, 
STEPHEN  C.  PHILLIPS, 
BARNAS  SEARS, 
EDWIN  H.  CHAPIN, 


HENRY  B.  HOOKER, 
STEPHEN  P.  WEBB, 
THOMAS  KINNICUTT, 
JOSEPH  W.  INGRAHAM, 
JOHN  A.  BOLLES, 
GEORGE  B.  EMERSON, 
CHARLES  K.  TRUE, 
MARK  HOPKINS, 
EDWARD  OTHEMAN, 
ISAAC  DAVIS, 
ALEXANDER  H.  VINTON, 
GEORGE  S.  BOUTWELL, 
HENRY  WHEATLAND, 
HOSEA  BALLOU, 
ARIEL  PARISH, 
CORNELIUS  C.  FELTON, 
ALONZO  H.  QUINT, 
WILLIAM  A.  STEARNS, 


KrsSKI.L    TOMLINSON, 

ERASTUS  ().  HAVEN, 
DAVID  H.  MASON, 
JOHN  P.  MARSHALL, 
EMORY  WASHBURN, 
ABNER  J.  PHIPPS, 
JAMES  FREEMAN  CLARKE, 
WILLIAM  RICE, 
JOHN  D.  PHILBRICK, 
SAMUEL  T.  SEELYE, 
GEORGE  D.  WILDE, 
GARDINER  G.  HUBBARD, 
ALONZO  A.  MINER, 
HENRY  CHAPIN, 
CONSTANTINE  C.  ESTY, 
EDWARD  B.  GILLETT, 
PHILLIPS  BROOKS, 
CHRISTOPHER  C.  HUSSEY. 


EX-OFFICIIS. 


Governors. 
EDWARD  EVERETT, 
MARCUS  MORTON, 
JOHN  DAVIS, 
GEORGE  N,  BRIGGS, 
GEORGE  S.  BOUTWELL, 
JOHN  H,  CLIFFORD, 
EMORY  WASHBURN, 
HENRY  J.  GARDNER, 
NATHANIEL  P.  BANKS, 
JOHN  A.  ANDREW, 


ALEX.  H.  BULLOCK, 
WILLIAM  CLAFLIN, 
WILLIAM  B.  WASHBURN, 
WLLLIAM  GASTON, 
ALEXANDER  H.  RICE. 
Lieut.  -Goverr\ors. 
GEORGE  HULL, 
HENRY  H.  CHILDS. 
JOHN  REED, 
HENRY  W.  CUSHMAN, 
ELISHA  HUNTINGTON, 


WILLIAM  C.  PLUNKETT 
SIMON  BROWN, 
HENRY  W.  BENCHLEY, 
ELIPHALET  TRASK, 
JOHN  Z.  GOODRICH, 
JOHN  NESMITH, 
JOEL  HAYDEN, 
WILLIAM  CLAFLIN, 
JOSEPH  TUCKER, 
THOMAS  TALBOT, 
HORATIO  G.  KNIGHT. 


*Originally  appointed  in  1837. 


BOARD    OF    EDUCATION.  23 


THE  VISITORS  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

The  following  is  a  complete  list  of  the  Visitors  of  the  School  for 
each  successive  year,  from  its  organization  to  the  present  time.  The 
persons  are  named  in  the  order  of  their  appointment  by  the  Board  at 
its  annual  meeting,  and  the  one  first  named  is  the  Chairman.  The 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education  has  always  been  one  of  the 
Visitors. 

1840.    THOMAS  ROBBINS,  JOHN  W.  JAMES,  HORACE  MANN. 
18  2  I  GoVER.NOR  DAVIS,  THOMAS  ROBBINS,  JOHN  W.  JAMES. 
1843.    GOVERNOR  MORTON,  THOMAS  ROBBINS,  EDWIN  H.  CHAPIN. 
l44'    LIEUT.-GOV.  REED,  S.  C.  PHILLIPS,  H.  B.  HOOKER. 


\  LIEUT.-GOV.  REED,  S.  C.  PHILLIPS,  E.  H.  CHAPIN. 
1047.  ) 

J«48'  I  LIEUT.-GOV.  REED,  S.  C.  PHILLIPS,  H.  B.  HOOKER. 
1549.  ) 

l^°'  1$.  C.  PHILLIPS,  LIEUT.-GOV.  REED,  H.  B.  HOOKER. 
1551.  ) 

1852.  H.  B.  HOOKER,  S.  C.  PHILLIPS,  EDWARD  OTHEMAN. 

1853.  S.  C.  PHILLIPS,  EDWARD  OTHEMAN,  A.  H.  VINTON. 

1854.  EDWARD  OTHEMAN,  A.  H.  VINTON,  EMERSON  DAVIS. 

1855.  EDWARD  OTHEMAN,  HOSEA  BALLOU. 

1856.  ) 

1857.  >  HOSEA  BALLOU,  EDWARD  OTHEMAN. 

1858.  ) 

1860'  I  RussELL  TOMLINSON,  ERASTUS  O.  HAVEN. 

1861.  ERASTUS  O.  HAVEN,  GEORGE  S.  BOUTWELL. 

1862.  ERASTUS  O.  HAVEN,  JOHN  P.  MARSHALL. 

1864  [  ABNER  J-  PHIPPS>  JAMES  FREEMAN  CLARKE. 

1865  to  1869.    JAMES  FREEMAN  CLARKE,  JOHN  D.  PHILBRICK. 
1869  to  1875.    JOHN  D.  PHILBRICK,  GARDINER  G.  HUBBARD. 

1875.  GARDINER  G.  HUBBARD,  PHILLIPS  BROOKS. 

1876.  GARDINER  G.  HUBBARD,  CHRISTOPHER  C.  HUSSEY. 


Secretaries  of  the  Board  of  Education. 

1837  to  1848.  HON.  HORACE  MANN,  LL.  D. 

1848  to  1855.  REV.  BARNAS  SEARS,  D.  D. 

1855  to  1860.  HON.  GEORGE  S.  BOUTWELL. 

1861.  HON.  JOSEPH  WHITE,  LL.  D. 


OLD    TOWN    HALL,    BRIDGEWATER, 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  25 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION. 

The  school  was  opened  September  9,  1840,  in  the  Old  Town  Hall, 
with  a  class  of  twenty-eight  pupils,  twenty-one  of  whom  were  ladies, 
under  the  tuition  of  Nicholas  Tillinghast,  as  Principal.  The  next 
day  a  convention  was  held  in  Bridgewater,  at  which  addresses  were 
delivered  by  Governor  Morton,  Horace  Mann,  and  others,  and  then 
the  school  started  upon  its  career. 

The  Town  Hall,  pleasantly  situated  at  the  corner  of  Bedford  and 
School  streets,  was  a  one-story  wooden  building,  forty  feet  by  fifty, 
standing  upon  a  brick  basement  which  was  occupied  as  a  dwelling. 
The  lot  and  basement  were  owned  by  a  citizen,  and  the  Hall  by  the 
town.  The  town  granted  the  free  use  of  the  Hall  to  the  Normal 
School,  for  a  term  not  exceeding  three  years.  At  the  expiration  of 
this  time  the  Hall  was  sold  to  the  owner  of  the  lot,  so  that  for  the 
next  three  years  the  school  lived  in  a  hired  house  at  a  rental  of  fifty 
dollars  a  year. 

The  interior  of  the  Hall  was  a  large  room  divided  by  a  matched 
board  partition,  without  paint,  extending  through  the  middle  length- 
wise, and  so  constructed  that  the  lower  half  could  be  raised  and  the 
whole  school  be  in  one  room,  or  this  half  could  be  lowered,  thus  leav- 
ing the  entering  class  with  the  Assistant  in  one  room,  and  the  second 
term  pupils  with  the  Principal  in  the  other.  A  small  room  for  appa- 
ratus, and  another  for  a  dressing  room  for  the  ladies,  completed  the 
suite  of  rooms  occupied  by  the  School.  The  school  room  was  fur- 
nished with  the  primitive  style  of  furniture,  a  pine  board  seat  with  a 
straight  back  attached  to  the  desk  behind.  A  high  platform  on  three 
sides  of  the  room  brought  the  teachers  prominently  into  view  before 
the  pupils  Here,  in  this  simple  laboratory,  by  the  sheer  skill  and 
genius  of  its  Principal,  the  "experiment"  of  a  State  Normal  School 
in  the  Old  Colony  was  successfully  performed.  "The  truth  is,"  said 
Horace  Mann,  in  1846,  "though  it  may  seem  a  paradox  to  say  so, 
the  Normal  Schools  had  to  come  to  prepare  a  way  for  themselves, 
and  to  show  by  practical  demonstration  what  they  were  able  to 
accomplish.  Like  Christianity  itself,  had  they  waited  till  the  world 
at  large  called  for  them,  or  was  ready  to  receive  them,  they  would 
never  have  come." 

FIRST   PERIOD  OF  THE   SCHOOL. 

The  time  of  Mr.  Tillinghast's  administration  may,  with  reference 
to  the  attendance  and  the  quality  of  work  which  could  be  secured, 


26  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

be  divided  into  two  periods.  The  first  period  was  from  the  com- 
mencement of  the  School  to  August,  1846, — the  first  nineteen  terms, 
—  in  which  pupils  were  required  to  attend  two  terms,  which  need  not 
be  successive.  The  second  was  from  the  beginning  of  the  twentieth 
term,  August  5,  1846,  to  the  close  of  his  administration,  June  28, 
1853,  the  end  of  the  thirty-ninth  term,  during  which  pupils  were  re- 
quired to  remain  three  successive  terms  of  fourteen  weeks  each. 

During  the  first  period  the  attendance  was  very  irregular.  Pupils 
would  attend  one  term,  then  remain  out  and  teach  one  or  more  terms 
before  returning.  The  young  men  were  out  in  the  winter,  the  young 
women  in  the  summer.  Some  terms  the  school  would  be  composed 
almost  entirely  of  different  pupils  from  those  of  the  term  before.  A 
new  class  was  received  at  the  commencement  of  each  term.  The 
average  number  of  the  entering  class  for  the  first  period,  was  twenty- 
one.  The  average  number  of  pupils  in  school  per  term,  was  forty- 
eight.  The  largest  number  for  any  one  term  was  seventy-nine. 

The  irregularity  of  attendance  had  such  a  depressing  influence 
upon  the  work  of  the  school,  as  to  call  forth  from  Mr.  Tillinghast,  on 
the  9th  of  August,  184'5,  the  following  letter  to  Hon.  Horace  Mann,j 
the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education  : 

"I  hereby  transmit  to  you,  to  be  laid  before  the  proper  authority, 
my  resignation  of  my  situation  as  Principal  of  this  school,  to  take 
effect,  unless  an  earlier  date  is  desired,  at  the  close  of  this  term. 

11 1  had  the  honor,  some  time  since,  to  lay  before  the  Board  of 
Education  my  opinion  of  the  extreme  disadvantage  to  the  cause  of 
Normal  Schools,  of  the  rule  by  which  a  pupil  is  allowed  to  remain 
here  one  term,  to  return  at  some  future,  indefinite  time;  and  offered 
my  advice,  founded  on  my  experience  here,  that  scholars  should  be 
received  for  no  time  less  than  a  year.  I  feel  it  to  be  impossible  for 
me  to  carry  on  the  School  effectively  in  the  fluctuations  to  which  it  is 
subject,  and  therefore  feel  impelled,  for  the  good  of  the  School,  to 
withdraw  from  my  present  situation." 

The  resignation  was  not  accepted.  In  May,  1846,  the  Board  of 
Education  passed  an  order  requiring  pupils  to  remain  in  the  School 
for  three  consecutive  terms. 

The  movement  of  the  School  at  this  time  will  be  apparent  from  the 
following  extracts  from  a  catalogue  of  the  School,  published  in  1844, 
at  the  end  of  its  fourth  year : 

Object  of  the  Institution. —  "It  seems  to  be  a  prevalent  error  in 
the  community  that  attendance  at  Normal  Schools  will  surely  make 
good  teachers, — that  any  one  ought  to  become  an  efficient  instructor 
by  remaining  at  these  Schools  for  a  few  months.  This  institution 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  27 

does  not  boast  of  any  such  powers  ;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  all  it 
claims  to  do,  and  all  it  can  effect,  is  to  afford  aid  and  encouragement 
to  those  faithfully  striving  to  learn  their  duty ;  to  such  as, —  animated 
by  love  for  their  race,  —  are  willing  to  devote  their  best  energies  to 
the  advancement  of  the  highest  interests  of  man.  Such,  only,  are 
wanted  at  this  School,  —  such,  only,  are  suitable  to  have  intrusted  to 
their  care  the  promises  of  the  coming  age.  It  should  be  distinctly 
understood  that  this  School  has  no  power  to  make  good  teachers  of 
the  dull,  the  idle,  and  those  wholly  wanting  in  enthusiasm,  or  even 
interest  for  the  young.  A  teacher  must  educate  himself;  the  Normal 
School  will  assist  him.  Its  teachers  will  give  him  the  fruits  of  their 
experience  ;  it  and  they  can  do  no  more." 

Requisitions  for  Admission. —  "  Applicants  for  admission  are  re- 
quired to  present  themselves  on  the  morning  of  the  first  day  of  the 
term,  at  the  school  room,  to  undergo  an  examination  in  Reading, 
Spelling,  Writing,  Geography,  Grammar,  and  Arithmetic.  Both 
sexes  are  received  :  males  not  under  17,  and  females  not  under  16 
years  of  age.  Each  applicant  is  required  to  bring  a  certificate,  tes- 
tifying to  his  or  her  good  character,  induslrious  habits  and  intellectual 
ability.  Persons  entering  the  school  must  do  so  with  the  intention  of 
remaining  for,  at  least,  two  terms,  which  need  not  be  successive,  and 
of  teaching  in  Massachusetts.  Individuals  from  other  States  may  at- 
tend the  school  by  paying  tuition  according  to  the  rates  charged  in 
the  Bridgewater  Academy  ;  or,  by  declaring  their  intention  to  pursue 
the  business  of  teaching  within  the  limits  of  this  State,  may  be  ex- 
empted from  payment  of  tuition  fees." 

Course  of  Study. — "  The  entering  class  will,  during  the  term,  be 
required  to  attend  to  the  following  studies  :  Reading,  Spelling,  Enun- 
ciation, Writing,  Geography,  Physiology,  Composition,  Grammar, 
and  Arithmetic.  The  male  portion  of  the  class  will  receive  instruc- 
tion in  their  duties  as  citizens  of  the  State  and  nation. 

"The  studies  required  of  those  attending  for  the  second  term  are 
Reading,  Writing,  Spelling,  Enunciation,  De  Sacy's  General  Gram- 
mar, and  the  School  and  School  Master.  Pupils  may  pursue  other 
studies  if  they  choose,  and  if  the  Principal  thinks  it  advisable. 

"  After  their  second  term,  scholars  are  permitted  to  select  for  them- 
selves—  from  the  branches  taught  in  the  school  —  those  they  prefer  to 
attend  to.  These  are,  in  addition  to  those  already  enumerated,  Alge- 
bra, Plane  and  Solid  Geometry,  Plane  and  Spherical  Trigonometry, 
Surveying,  Navigation,  Application  of  Algebra  to  Geometry,  Astron- 
omy, Natural,  Intellectual  and  Moral  Philosophy,  Natural  History, 
Book-keeping  by  single  and  double  entry,  Logic  and  Rhetoric. 


28  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

There  are  lectures  delivered  every  week  before  the  whole  School, 
upon  the  duties  and  employments  of  teachers.  The  subject  of  Natu- 
ral Philosophy  is  illustrated  by  suitable  apparatus.  A  well  selected 
library  for  the  use  of  the  School,  is  kept  in  the  building  occupied  by 
the  School." 

Regulations. —  "The  year  is  divided  into  three  terms,  of  14  weeks 
each.  Pupils  are  required  to  be  present  at  the  commencement,  and 
to  remain  until  the  close  of  the  term,  unless  good  and  sufficient 
reasons  can  be  given  for  not  so  doing.  Most  of  the  class  books  are 
furnished  to  the  scholars,  at  a  reasonable  rate  for  their  use,  to  be  re- 
turned at  the  end  of  the  term.  The  entering  class  are  required,  at 
present,  to  furnish  themselves  with  Webster's  Grammar  and  Mitchell's 
School  Geography.  The  charge  to  each  pupil  for  wrood,  sweeping, 
&c.,  together  with  use  of  books,  rarely  exceeds  one  dollar  per  term. 
Certificates  will  be  given  by  the  Principal  to  such  students  who  have 
attended  the  school  for  one  year,  as  he  may  judge,  from  their  ability 
and  proficiency  to  merit  them.  A  certificate  will  be  given  to  no  one 
who  has  not  attended  a  full  year. 

THE  PERMANENT  LOCATION  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

At  the  end  of  three  years  the  success  of  the  Normal  Schools  had 
been  such  that  they  were  no  longer  to  be  considered  an  experiment, 
and  the  Legislature  appropriated  a  sum  sufficient  for  their  support 
for  another  three  years ;  henceforth  they  were  to  be  among  the  per- 
manent institutions  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  buildings  more  suita- 
ble, convenient,  and  permanent  were  required  for  them.  This 
school  had  increased  so  much  that  the  accomodations  were  entirely 
inadequate. 

"The  idea  of  providing  suitable  buildings  for  the  Normal  Schools, 
originated  with  some  thirty  or  forty  friends  of  popular  education, 
who,  without  distinction  of  sect  or  party,  had  met  in  Boston,  in  the 
the  winter  of  1844-'5,  to  express  their  sympathy  with  Mr.  Mann, 
and  who  desired,  in  some  suitable  way,  to  express  their  approbation 
of  his  course  in  the  conduct  of  the  great  and  difficult  work  of 
reforming  our  common  schools.  It  was  at  first  proposed  to  bestow 
upon  Mr.  Mann  some  token  evincive  of  the  personal  and  public 
regard  of  its  donors ;  but  it  was  suggested  that  it  would  be  far  more 
grateful  and  acceptable  to  him  to  furnish  some  substantial  and  effi- 
cient aid  in  carrying  forward  the  great  work  in  which  he  had  been 
engaged,  and  in  removing  those  obstacles  and  hinderances  both  to 
his  own  success  and  to  the  progress  of  the  cause,  which  nothing  but 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  29 

an  expenditure  of  money  could  effect.  No  way  seemed  so  well 
adapted  to  this  purpose  as  the  placing  of  the  Normal  Schools  upon  a 
firm  and  lasting  basis,  by  furnishing  them  with  suitable  and  perma- 
nent buildings ;  and  the  persons  present  thereupon  pledged  them- 
selves to  furnish  five  thousand  dollars,  and  to  ask  the  legislature  to 
furnish  a  like  sum  for  this  important  purpose." 

During  the  session  of  the  Legislature,  in  1845,  a  memorial  signed 
by  Charles  Sumner,  R.  C.  Waterston,  Gideon  F.  Thayer,  Charles 
Brooks,  and  William  Brigham,  was  presented,  setting  forth  the 
utility  of  the  system  of  Normal  Schools,  in  the  training  and  prepara- 
tion of  teachers,  and  the  want  of  proper  accommodations  at  two  of 
the  schools,  in  buildings,  apparatus,  and  libraries.  The  memorial 
concluded  by  asking  for  an  appropriation  of  five  thousand  dollars, 
to  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Board  of  Education,  for  these 
purposes,  on  condition  that  a  further  sum,  of  the  same  amount,  to  be 
obtained  by.  contribution  from  the  friends  of  the  cause,  should  be 
placed  at  their  disposal  for  the  same  object. 

The  Committee  on  Education,  in  the  House,  to  whom  the  memo- 
rial was  referred,  unanimously  recommended  that  the  prayer  of  the 
memorialists  be  granted.  March  10th,  a  resolve  was  passed  author- 
izing and  requesting  the  Governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  Council,  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars, 
in  favor  of  the  Board,  when  the  same  sum  should  be  placed  at  their 
disposal  by  the  memorialists; — the  two  sums  to  be  spent  by  the 
Board,  in  providing  suitable  buildings  for  the  Normal  Schools,  and 
in  purchasing  apparatus  and  libraries  therefor. 

Charles  Sumner  gave  his  bond  for  the  five  thousand  dollars 
pledged  by  the  memorialists. 

The  Board  of  Education  agreed  to  appropriate  twenty-five  hun- 
dred dollars  for  the  school  in  Plymouth  County,  provided  the  same 
amount  should  be  raised  by  individuals. 

"The  question  of  location  was  again  to  be  settled.  The  people  of 
Plymouth  pledged  the  amount  required,  and  made  strenuous  efforts 
to  have  it  removed  to  that  town.  The  citizens  of  Bridgewater  were 
also  ready  to  comply  with  the  conditions  of  the  Board,  and  thought 
that  as  they  had  been  at  all  the  expense  of  the  establishment  of  the 
school,  and  had  furnished  buildings  free  from  rent  for  three  years, 
when  it  was  considered  only  as  an  experiment,  that  now,  when  it  was 
to  be  made  permanent,  and  new  buildings  were  to  be  erected,  it  was 
not  fair  that  Plymouth,  which  had  paid  nothing,  should  be  placed  on 
an  equal  footing  with  them." 

May  28,  1845,  the  Board  of  Education  met  at  Boston,  to  hear  the 


30  BRIDGE  WATER  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL. 

parties  and  decide  upon  the  location.  The  citizens  of  both  towns 
presented  the  claims  of  their  respective  towns  with  much  earnest- 
ness. After  listening  with  patience  to  the  arguments  of  the  parties 
interested,  the  Board  decided  that  the  school  should  be  established  at 
Bridgewater. 

Measures  were  immediately  taken  for  the  erection  of  a  suitable 
building.  Plans  and  specifications  were  obtained,  and  proposals  for 
erecting  the  building  were  called  for ;  but  no  contract  could  be  made 
for  the  amount  at  the  disposal  of  the  Board,  and  the  matter  was 
delayed  for  some  time,  with  no  prospect  of  success.  At  length  Mr. 
Mann  came  forward  and  gave  his  own  obligation  to  make  up  the 
deficiency.  A  contract  was  then  made  with  Mr.  David  Bartlett,  of 
Kingston,  who  executed  the  work  in  a  very  faithful  manner. 

On  settling  the  cost  of  the  building,  it  was  found  to  exceed  the 
funds  in  the  hands  of  the  Board  of  Education,  about  eight  hundred 
dollars.  One  hundred  of  this  sum,  in  addition  to  a  previous  sub- 
scription, was  paid  by  Hon.  Artemas  Hale,  of  Bridgewater,  who  has 
always  been  one  of  the  strongest  friends  and  supporters  of  the 
School,  and  the  balance  was  paid  by  Mr.  Mann.  The  sum  advanced 
by  Mr.  Mann  was  afterward  reimbursed  from  the  State  Treasury. 

The  building  was  a  plain  edifice,  of  the  Tuscan  order,  constructed 
of  wood,  sixty-four  feet  by  forty-two,  and  two  stories  in  height.  The 
upper  story  was  divided  into  a  principal  school-room  forty-one  feet 
by  forty,  and  two  recitation  rooms,  each  twenty-one  feet  by  twelve. 
This  story  was  designed  for  the  Normal  School.  The  lower  story 
was  divided  into  a  Model  School  room,  a  Chemical  room,  and  two 
ante-rooms.  Blackboards  extended  entirely  around  each  of  the 
school  rooms.  The  main  school  room  had  an  entablature.  Each 
room  was  supplied  with  neat,  new  furniture.  The  location  was 
excellent ;  upon  a  corner  lot  one  and  one-fourth  acres  in  extent,  and 
having  an  eastern  slope.  The  light,  cheerful,  convenient  rooms  and 
the  pleasant  surroundings  of  the  building,  made  it  one  of  the  most 
attractive  school  houses  in  the  State. 


THE  FIRST  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL  BUILDING  IN  AMERICA. 


ERECTED  IN   BRIDGEWATER,  MASS.,  IN   1846. 


32  BRtDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL, 


DEDICATION  OF  THE  SCHOOL  HOUSE. 

The  completion  of  the  new  edifice  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
School  was  signalized  by  appropriate  exercises,  on  the  19th  of 
August,  1846.  Dedicatory  addresses  were  made  by  Hon.  William 
G.  Bates,  of  Westfield,  and  His  Excellency,  Governor  Briggs.  The 
audience  then  adjourned  to  the  Unitarian  Church,  and  listened  to  an 
address  from  Amasa  Walker,  Esq.,  of  Brookfield,  the  orator  of  the 
Bridgewater  Normal  Association,  which  held  its  annual  convention 
on  this  day.  After  these  addresses  the  company  partook  of  a  colla- 
tion in  the  Town  Hall,  on  which  occasion  the  health  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Education  was  given  by  the  President  of  the  day, 
and  received  by  the  company  with  enthusiastic  applause.  To  this 
sentiment  Mr.  Mann  responded  as  follows  :  — 

"Ma.  PRESIDENT:  —  Among  all  the  lights  and  shadows  that  ever 
crossed  my  path,  this  day's  radiance  is  the  brightest.  Two  years 
ago,  I  would  have  been  willing  to  compromise  for  ten  years'  work, 
as  hard  as  any  I  had  ever  performed,  to  have  been  insured  that,  at 
the  end  of  that  period,  I  should  see  what  our  eyes  this  day  behold. 
We  now  witness  the  completion  of  a  new  and  beautiful  Normal 
School-house  for  the  State  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater.  One 
fortnight  from  to-morrow,  another  house,  as  beautiful  as  this,  is  to  be 
dedicated  at  Westfield,  for  the  State  Normal  School  at  that  place. 
West  Newton  is  already  provided  for  by  private  munificence.  Each 
Normal  School  then,  will  occupy  a  house,  neat,  commodious,  and 
well  adapted  to  its  wants ;  and  the  Principals  of  the  schools  will  be 
relieved  from  the  annoyance  of  keeping  a  Normal  School  in  an 
fl£-Normal  house. 

"  Let  no  man  who  knows  not  what  has  been  suffered,  has  been 
borne  and  forborne,  to  bring  to  pass  the  present  event,  accuse  me  of 
an  extravagance  of  joy.  I  consider  this  event  as  marking  an  era  in 
the  progress  of  education, — which,  as  we  all  know,  is  the  progress 
of  civilization,  —  on  this  western  continent  and  throughout  the 
world.  It  is  the  completion  of  the  first  Normal  School-house  ever 
erected  in  Massachusetts,  —  in  the  Union,  —  in  this  hemisphere.  It 
belongs  to  that  class  of  events  which  may  happen  once,  but  are  inca- 
pable of  being  repeated.  Coiled  up  in  this  Institution,  as  in  a 
spring,  there  is  a  vigor  whose  uncoiling  may  wheel  the  spheres. 

"  In  tracing  down  the  history  of  these  schools  to  the  present  time, 
I  prefer  to  bring  into  view,  rather  the  agencies  that  have  helped, 
than  the  obstacles  which  have  opposed  them. 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  33 

"I  say,  then,  that  I  believe  Massachusetts  to  have  been  the  only 
State  in  the  Union  where  Normal  Schools  could  have  been  estab- 
lished ;  or  where,  if  established,  they  would  have  been  allowed  to 
continue.  At  the  time  they  were  established,  five  or  six  thousand 
teachers  were  annually  engaged  in  our  common  schools ;  and  proba- 
bly nearly  as  many  more  were  looking  forward  to  the  same  occupa- 
tion. These  incumbents  and  expectants,  together  with  their  families 
and  circles  of  relatives  and  acquaintances,  probably  constituted  the 
greater  portion  of  active  influence  on  school  affairs  in  the  State ; 
and  had  they,  as  a  body,  yielded  to  the  invidious  appeals  that  were 
made  to  them  by  a  few  agents  and  emissaries  of  evil,  they  might 
have  extinguished  the  Normal  Schools,  as  a  whirlwind  puts  out  a 
taper.  I  honor  the  great  body  of  common  school  teachers  in  Mas- 
sachusetts for  the  magnanimity  they  have  displayed  on  this  subject. 
I  know  that  many  of  them  have  said,  almost  in  so  many  words,  and 
what  is  nobler,  they  have  acted  as  they  have  said:  —  'We  are  con- 
scious of  our  deficiencies  :  we  are  grateful  for  any  means  that  will 
supply  them,  —  nay,  we  are  ready  to  retire  from  our  places  when 
better  teac'hers  can  be  found  to  fill  them.  We  derive,  it  is  true,  our 
daily  bread  from  school-keeping,  but  it  is  better  that  our  bodies 
should  be  pinched  with  hunger  than  that  the  souls  of  children  should 
starve  from  want  of  mental  nourishment,  and  we  should  be  unworthy 
of  the  husks  which  the  swine  do  eat,  if  we  could  prefer  our  own 
emolument  or  comfort  to  the  intellectual  or  mental  culture  of  the 
rising  generation.  We  give  you  our  hand  and  our  heart  for  the  glo- 
rious work  of  improving  the  schools  of  Massachusetts,  while  we 
scorn  the  baseness  of  the  men  who  would  appeal  to  our  love  of  gain, 
or  of  ease,  to  seduce  us  from  the  path  of  duty.'  This  statement 
does  no  more  than  justice  to  the  noble  conduct  of  the  great  body  of 
teachers  in  Massachusetts.  To  be  sure,  there  always  have  been 
some  who  have  opposed  the  Normal  Schools,  and  who  will,  proba- 
bly, continue  to  oppose  them  as  long  as  they  live,  lest  they  them- 
selves should  be  superseded  by  a  class  of  competent  teachers. 
These  are  they  who  would  arrest  education  where  it  is  ;  because 
they  cannot  keep  up  with  it,  or  overtake  it  in  its  onward  progress. 
But  the  wheels  of  education  are  rolling  on,  and  they  who  will  not  go 
with  them  must  go  under  them." 

THE  SECOND  PERIOD  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

Two  weeks  after  the  commencement  of  the  twentieth  term,  August 
19th,  1846,  the  school  entered  the  new  house.  It  was  filled  to  over- 


34  BRIDGEWATER    STATE   NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

flowing  at  once.  One  hundred  two  pupils  were  in  attendance ;  the 
main  room  had  desks  for  eighty-four.  Pupils  were  required  to  attend 
three  terms  in  succession,  and  the  school  started  forward  into  a  more 
vigorous  life.  From  that  day  forward  it  has  grown  like  a  thrifty  oak, 
rooting  itself  more  firmly,  and  stretching  its  branches  more  widely  in 
each  succeeding  year. 

The  following  extracts  from  the  catalogue  of  the  school,  published 
in  1849,  will  indicate  its  course  during  the  last  seven  years  of  Mr. 
Tillinghast's  administration  : 

Regulations.  No  one  is  received  into  the  school  who  does  not  pro- 
fess an  intention  of  becoming  a  teacher,  and  then  only  under  the  fol- 
lowing rules  : 

Applicants  for  admission  must  present  themselves  for  examination 
on  the  first  day  of  the  term.  They  must  present  a  certificate  of 
good  moral  character.  Males  must  be  at  least  seventeen ,  and  females 
at  least  sixteen  years  of  age. 

No  one  is  received  for  less  than  three  successive  terms.  Those 
who  enter  must  pass  an  examination  in  Reading,  Writing,  Spelling, 
Grammar,  and  Arithmetic.  It  is  perhaps  impossible  to  state  very 
definitely  what  will  be  regarded  as  a  satisfactory  examination  ;  but  it 
may  be  said,  that  the  applicant  will  be  required  to  read  fluently,  so  as 
to  call  words  without  hesitation ;  to  write  legibly,  and  with  sufficient 
rapidity ;  to  spell  correctly,  at  least  two-thirds  of  the  words  given 
out ;  to  be  able  to  discriminate  the  different  parts  of  speech ;  to  con- 
jugate verbs,  to  decline  pronouns,  etc.,  and  to  parse  simple  sen- 
tences ;  to  be  able  to  perform  arithmetical  operations,  which  may  in- 
clude the  use  of  vulgar  fractions. 

Tuition  is  gratuitous  to  those  who  intend  to  become  teachers  in  the 
Common  Schools  of  this  State.  The  class-books  are  furnished  by 
the  school.  Each  pupil  pays  a  dollar  a  term,  which  covers  all  the 
incidental  expenses,  including  the  use  of  books. 

Board  is  to  be  had  in  private  families  at  about  two  dollars  per 
week. 

Course  of  Study.  The  school  year  is  divided  into  three  terms  of 
fourteen  weeks  each. 

Studies  of  First  Term.  Arithmetic,  mental  and  written ;  Me- 
chanics, Physiology,  Grammar,  Geography  of  North  America,  and 
the  Drawing  of  Maps. 

Studies  of  Second  Term.  Arithmetic ;  'Hydrostatics  and  Pneu- 
matics ;  General  Grammar ;  Punctuation  ;  Parsing  ;  Physical  Geog- 
raphy ;  Geography  of  South  America  and  Asia. 

Studies    of   Third    Term.      Astronomy;    Book-keeping;    Optics; 


MR.    TiLLINGHAST's    ADMINISTRATION.  35 

Electricity,  etc.  ;  Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching ;  Parsing ;  Ge- 
ography of  Europe,  Africa  .and  Oceanica. 

During  all  the  terms,  all  the  pupils  attend  regularly  to  Reading, 
Enunciation,  Writing  Abstracts,  Essays,  etc.,  and  Spelling.  The 
above  are  the  required  studies ;  no  pupil  is  allowed  to  omit  any  of 
them.. 

Among  the  -permitted  studies  are  Algebra,  Geometry,  Trigonom- 
etry, Surveying,  Intellectual  Philosophy,  Rhetoric,  Natural  History, 
Constitution  of  Massachusetts  and  of  the  United  States. 

After  the  first  term,  pupils  are  allowed  to  select  one  or  two  of  these 
studies. 

Those  who  have  finished,  satisfactorily,  the  whole  course,  are  at 
liberty  to  choose  all  their  studies. 

At  the  close  of  each  term,  the  school  is  examined  in  the  presence 
of  the  VISITORS  ;  and  every  graduate  who  gives  satisfactory  evidence 
of  proficiency,  is  entitled  to  a  certificate. 

THE  MODEL  SCHOOL. 

The  early  plans  of  the  Board  of  Education  provided  a  Model 
School,  or  School  of  Practice,  in  connection  with  each  Normal 
School,  composed  of  children  of  the  neighborhood  who  were  to  be 
taught  by  the  Normal  pupils  under  the  eye  and  direction  of  their 
teachers. 

This  school  was  kept  the  first  six  years  in  a  small  school-house 
erected  for  the  purpose  by  the  Centre  School  District  of  the  town, 
just  south  of  the  Old  Town  Hall,  in  which  was  the  Normal  School. 
This  "  Model  School "  house  is  now  the  school-house  in  District  No. 
7,  in  Bridgewater.  Afterward  the  Model  School  was  kept  in  the 
model,  school-room  in  the  lower  story  of  the  Normal  school-house. 

From  July  28,  1841,  to. November  8,  1842,  the  pupils  of  the  Nor- 
mal School  had  charge  of  the  Model  School.  November  30,  1842, 
at  the  beginning  of  the  ninth  term,  Miss  Ruby  Potter  was  appointed 
its  Principal,  and  taught  it,  with  occasional  interruptions  from  ill 
health,  till  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  term,  March  10,  1846.  During 
her  absence,  Mr.  Mertoun  C.  Bryant  had,  for  the  most  part,  charge 
of  the  school. 

Miss  Deidamia  Chase  was  appointed  Principal,  April  1,  1846,  the 
beginning  of  the  nineteenth  term,  and  continued  in  charge  till  her 
death,  September  30,  1847,  in  the  twenty-third  term.  One  of  the 
pupils  taught  till  the  end  of  that  term. 

Miss  Fanny  Leonard  was  Principal  from  December   1,  1847,  the 


. 

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36  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

beginning  of  the  twenty-fourth  term,  till  the  close  of  the  Model  School, 
March  12,  1850,  the  end  of  the  thirtieth  term. 

The  Model  School  was  under  the  direct  and  daily  supervision  of 
the  Principal  of  the  Normal  School,  and  its  Principal  was  appointed 
by  him.  The  school-room  was  well  furnished  and  provided  with  the 
appliances  for  good  teaching.  The  Principals  were  superior  teach- 
ers. The  Normal  pupils  were  required  to  spend  at  least  two  weeks 
of  their  senior  term  in  actual  teaching,  as  Assistants  of  the  Principal 
of  the  Model  School,  after  a  period  of  careful  observation  of  the  meth- 
ods of  the  school.  The  main  object  was  to  give  the  Normal  pupils 
practice  in  teaching  children,  under  the  supervision  and  criticism  of 
the  Principal  of  the  Normal  School,  and  the  Principal  of  the  Model 
School. 

From  November  30,  1842,  the  Principal  of  this  school  was  allowed 
$250  a  year,  which,  till  July,  1846,  was  made  up  as  follows:  The 
Board  of  Education  paid  $100  a  year,  Mr.  Tillinghast  paid  $100  a 
year,  and  the  first  School  District  of  Bridgewater,  paid  $50  a  year. 
From  July,  1846,  a  tuition  fee  was  required  of  each  pupil,  which, 
with  the  appropriation  of  the  Board,  was  sufficient,  till  a  short  time 
before  the  close  of  the  school,  to  pay  the  teacher's  salary. 

Practice  teaching  in  the  model  school  was  not  very  attractive  to  the 
Normal  pupils.  Those  who  had  taught  before  coming  to  the  Normal 
School  felt  that  they  were  not  specially  benefited  by  this  practice, 
and  those  who  had  never  taught  before,  did  not  become  sufficiently 
interested  to  appreciate  the  work,  and  some  parents  preferred  that 
their  children  should  not  be  "  experimented  with."  Mr.  Tillinghast 
was  quite  willing  that  the  school  should  be  discontinued.  It  was 
closed  in  March,  1850,  and  has  never  been  revived. 

MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  IDEA  OF  A  NORMAL  SCHOOL. 

The  following  extracts  from  a  letter  written  by  Mr.  Tillinghast,  in 
1851,  for  publication  in  Barnard's  Journal  of  Education,  give  his 
views  of  the  kind  of  Normal  School  required  at  that  time,  founded 
upon  an  experience  of  eleven  years  as  the  head  of  this  school : 

"  It  seems  to  me  that  these  schools  are  doing  good.  My  own  schol- 
ars have,  I  think,  succeeded  as  well  as  I  could  reasonably  expect. 
Many  have  failed ;  indeed,  many  from  whom  I  looked  for  success  ; 
others  have  continued  to  keep  schools,  but  doing  no  better,  for  aught 
that  I  know,  than  they  would  have  done  without  staying  a  year  here ; 
but  still  I  cannot  feel  disappointed. 

"There  are,  it  seems  to  me,  grave  defects  in  the  constitution  of  my 


MR.    TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  37 

school.  Four  years  would,  in  my  judgment,  be  profitably  given  to 
the  subjects  which  we  touch  on  in  one.  If  pupils  must  be  taught 
subjects  in  these  schools,  as  I  think  they  must  for  a  time,  under  the 
best  organization,  the  course  ought  to  extend  over  three  years,  at 
least.  1  think  it  would  be  a  better  plan  for  the  present,  to  receive 
pupils  for,  say  twenty-one  weeks,  and  to  give  that  time  to  reading, 
spelling,  arithmetic,  and  geography ;  and  in  another  twenty-one 
weeks,  to  take  up  reading,  spelling,  physiology,  grammar ;  so  that 
only  a  few  studies  should  be  in  the  school  at  a  time,  and  teachers 
might  go  for  a  term  without  interfering  with  their  teaching  school. 
The  great  evil  now,  in  my  school,  is  the  attempt  to  take  up  so  many 
studies,  most  persons  inverting  the  truth,  and  supposing  the  amount 
acquired  the  important  thing,  and  the  study  unimportant.  But  I 
should  be  content  if  I  could  bring  pupils  into  such  a  state  of  desire 
that  they  would  pursue  truth,  and  into  such  a  state  of  knowledge  that 
they  could  recognize  her  when  overtaken.  A  very  few  studies,  and 
long  dwelling  on  them  —  this  is  my  theory.  I  have  no  especial  be- 
lief in  teaching  others  methods  of  teaching.  I  do  not  mean  that  the 
subject  should  be  entirely  passed  by  ;  but  that  pupils  should  not  be 
trained  into,  or-directed  into  particular  processes  ;  it  seems  to  me  that 
each  well  instructed  mind  will  arrive  at  a  method  of  imparting,  better 
for  it  than  any  other  method.  I  therefore  have  tried  to  bring  my  pu- 
pils to  get  at  results  for  themselves,  and  to  show  them  how  they  may 
feel  confident  of  the  truth  of  their  results.  I  have  sought  criticism 
from  my  scholars  on  all  my  methods,  processes^  and  results ;  aimed 
to  have  them,  kindly  of  course,  but  freely  criticise  each  other:  and 
they  are  encouraged  to  ask  questions,  and  propose  doubts.  I  call  on 
members  of  the  classes  to  hear  recitations,  and  on  the  others  to  make 
remarks,  thus  approving  and  disapproving  one  another;  they  are 
called. upon  to  make  up  general  exercises,  and  to  deliver  them  to  their 
classes,  sometimes  on  subjects  and  in  styles  fitted  to  those  whom  they 
address  ;  sometimes  they  are  bid  to  imagine  themselves  speaking  to 
children.  I  find  I  am  getting  more  into  details  than  I  intend,  or  you 
wish.  My  idea  of  a  Normal  School  is,  that  it  should  have  a  term  of 
four  years  ;  that  those  studies  should  be  pursued  that  will  lay  a  found- 
ation on  which  to  build  an  education.  I  mean,  for  example,  that 
algebra  should  be  thoroughly  studied  as  the  foundation  for  arithmetic  ; 
that  geometry  and  trigonometry  should  be  studied,  by  which,  with 
algebra,  to  study  natural  philosophy,  etc  ;  the  number  of  studies 
should  be  comparatively  small,  but  much  time  given  to  them.-  I,  of 
course,  do  not  intend  to  write  a  list  of  studies,  and  what  I  have  said 
above  is  only  for  illustration  :  the  teacher  should  be  so  trained  as  to 


38  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

be  above  his  text  books.  Whatever  has  been  done  in  teaching  in  all 
countries,  different  methods,  the  thoughts  of  the  best  minds  on  the 
science  and  the  art  of  instruction,  should  be  laid  before  the  neophyte 
teachers.  In  a  proper  Normal  School  there  should  be  departments, 
and  the  ablest  men  put  over  them,  each  in  his  own  department.  Who 
knows  more  than  one  branch  well P 

"  I  send  herewith  a  catalogue  of  my  school,  which  will  give  you 
some  idea  of  its  osteology  ;  what  of  life  these  bones  have,  others 
must  judge.  But  when  shall  the  whole  vision  of  the  Prophet  be  ful- 
filled in  regard  to  the  teachers  of  the  land,  —  *  And  the  breath  came 
into  them  and  they  lived  and  stood  upon  their  feet  (not  on  those  of 
any  author)  an  exceeding  great  army.' 

"God  prosper  the  work,  and  may  your  exertions  in  the  cause  be 
gratefully  remembered." 

THE    WORK    DONE    BY    MR.    TlLLINGHAST. 

Mr.  Tillinghast  was  Principal  of  this  school  for  thirteen  years,  a 
period  of  service  much  longer  than  that  of  either  of  his  coadjutors  in 
the  other  two  Normal  Schools,  and  he  devoted  himself  unsparingly 
to  the  work  of  establishing  it  upon  broad  and  deep  foundations.  By 
his  persistent,  thorough,  self-forgetting,  and  noble  work,  he  exerted 
an  influence  that  will  not  cease  to  be  felt  among  the  generations  of 
this  Commonwealth.  No  one  man  has  done,  more  to  stimulate  the 
thought  and  improve  the  work  of  teaching  in  this  State  than  Mr. 
Tillinghast.  When  he  entered  upon  his  work  these  schools  for 
teachers,  simply  "had  leave  to  be."  The  Board  of  Education  had 
given  them  the  name  "Normal  Schools,"  but  both  the  schools  and 
the  name  were  new  to  the  people,  and  the  schools  had  to  demonstrate 
by  the  results  they  produced  that  they  were  worthy  of  support.  The 
State  did  not  fully  adopt  them  till  1845,  when  the  Legislature,  in 
making  an  appropriation  for  their  support  for  the  third  period  of 
three  years,  christened  them  "State  Normal  Schools."  The  difficul- 
ties which  had  to  be  overcome  would  have  appalled  a  man  of  less 
heroic  temper.  The  want  of  a  suitable  building  and  the  appliances 
for  good  teaching  was  a  very  great  hinderance,  and  pupils  who  came 
from  well  furnished  schools  in  other  places,  expecting  better  things 
in  this  school,  were  greatly  disappointed  on  finding  such  meagre  pro- 
visions. The  short  period  of  attendance  during  the  first  six  years  of 
the  School  made  it  extremely  difficult  to  carry  out  a  definite  course  of 
study,  or  to  improve  very  much  the  qualifications  of  the  pupils,  yet 
the  school  must  be  judged  by  its  fruits  as  manifested  in  these  pupils 


39 

when  they  went  out  to  teach.  The  appropriations  of  the  Legislature 
for  the  support  of  the  School  were  insufficient  to  meet  its  most  press- 
ing wants,  especially  in  providing  such  assistant  teachers  as  were 
necessary.  During  the  larger  part  of  the  first  year,  and  all  of  the 
third  year,  Mr.  Tillinghast  conducted  the  School  without  any  assist- 
ant. .He  had  to  spend  all  the  school  hours  in  teaching,  and  work  far 
into  the  night  to  prepare  for  his  daily  exercises.  Courses  of  Study 
in  the  several  branches  must  be  wrought  out,  the  .subject  matter  and 
the  methods  of  teaching  must  be  carefully  considered,  for  he  was 
teaching  teachers,  and  his  work  must  be  a  model  for  them.  The 
want  of  apparatus  and  of  assistants  must  be  supplied  by  increased 
skill  and  effort  on  the  part  of  the  Principal ;  he  must  be  the  factotum 
of  the  school.  Only  those  who  have  had  a  similar  experience  can 
appreciate  the  amount  of  work  which  he  performed,  and  it  was 
always  thoroughly  done. 

In  addition  to  all  this  exhausting -toil,  he  was  called  upon  to  make 
pecuniary  sacrifice  as  well.  When  he  took  charge  of  the  school  his 
salary  was  fixed  at  fourteen  hundred  dollars  a  year,  and  he  was  paid 
at  that  rate  till  January,  1844,  at  which  time  the  Board  of  Education 
reduced  his  salary  to  twelve  hundred  dollars  a  year,  on  account  of 
insufficient  appropriations  by  the  Legislature.  Mr.  Tillinghast  im- 
mediately signified  his  intention  to  resign,  but  Mr.  Mann's  urgent 
solicitations,  and  his  own  interest  in  the  success  of  the  Normal  School 
experiment,  induced  him  to  remain  at  his  post.  From  his  salary, 
thus  reduced,  he  paid  one  hundred  dollars  a  year  toward  the  salary 
of  the  principal  of  the  Model  School,  that  the  people  of  the  town  to 
whom  this  school  had  been  promised  as  an  inducement  for  them  to 
contribute  funds  for  the  Normal  School,  might  not  be  disappointed 
by  its  discontinuance. 

From  July  1,  1849,  his  salary  was  thirteen  hundred  dollars  a  year 
till  January,  1851,  when  it  was  placed  by  the  Board  at  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars  a  year.  The  provision  for  Assistant  Teachers  was  very 
small.  In  March,  1841,  the  Board  of  Education  appropriated  from 
the  small  sum  granted  by  the  Legislature,  six  hundred  dollars  a  year 
for  the  salary  of  an  assistant ;  this  was  continued  till  July,  1849,  when 
each  of  the  two  assistants  was  allowed  four  hundred  dollars  a  year. 
After  May  28,  1851,  the  First  Assistant  was  allowed  seven  hundred 
dollars  a  year,  and  the  Second  Assistant  four  hundred  dollars  a  year. 
During  the  later  years  of  his  teaching,  Mr.  Tillinghast's  health  had 
become  so  much  impaired  by  his  unceasing  toil  that  he  was  obliged 
to  hire  extra  Assistants  and  pay  them  from  his  own  salary ;  though 
he  was  constantly  at  his  post,  with  the  exception  of  a  part  of  one  term, 
till  the  time  of  his  resignation. 


40  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

After  his  death,  in  1856,  the  Legislature  of  that  year,  recognizing 
the  justness  of  his  claims  upon  the  State  for  the  deficiency  in  his  sal- 
ary and  the  amounts  \vhich  he  had  paid  for  the  Model  School  and  for 
extra  Assistants,  passed  the  following:  — "  Resolved,  That  there  be 
allowed  and  paid  out  of  the  Treasury  of  this  Commonwealth,  to  Mrs 
Ruby  H.  Tillinghast,  and  William  H.  Tillinghast,  the  widow  and 
child  of  Nicholas  Tillinghast,  late  Principal  of  the  Normal  School  in 
Bridgewater,  the  sum  of  eighteen  hundred  ten  dollars  and  eighty- 
two  cents." 

Mr.  Tillinghast  left  the  school  June  28,  1853,  and  died  April  10, 
1856,  after  years  of  severe  physical  suffering.  He  was  buried  in  the 
Cemetery  at  Bridgewater,  and  his  tomb-stone  bears  the  following 
inscription  : 

"  His  purity  of  heart,  independence  of  mind,  and  elevation  of  soul, 
exhibited  the  value  of  the  truths  which  he  loved  to  teach. 

His  PUPILS, 

To  whom   he  taught  the   pricelessness  of  truth,  gratefully  raise  this 
stone  to  his  memory." 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  41 


MEMOIR   OF   NICHOLAS   TILLINGHAST. 


BY    RICHARD    EDWARDS. 


[An  Address  delivered  before  the  Annual  Convention  of  the  Graduates  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Bridge 
•water,  Mass.,  on  the  3oth  of  July,  1856.     Published  in  Barnard's  American  Journal  of  Education.] 

FELLOW  TEACHERS  AND  FELLOW  PUPILS:  — 

WE  have  met  in  social  and  friendly  gathering  for  many  years. 
There  are  doubtless  those  here  who  formed  a  part  of  that  small  band, 
with  whose  help,  the  school  of  which  we  have  been  pupils,  was  first 
launched  upon  the  voyage  of  its  existence.  Year  after  year,  as  oc- 
casion would  permit,  they  with  others  have  come  up  to  this,  the 
scene  of  their  former  labor,  to  feel  the  softening  influences  of  early 
associations  upon  those  hearts  which  the  business  and  turmoil  of  life 
do  so  much  to  harden  and  deaden  ;  or  perhaps  to  renew  here  where 
they  were  first  consecrated  to  a  noble  profession,  their  vows  of  devo- 
tion to  its  Irying  but  exalting  and  responsible  duties.  Some  of  these 
occasions  have  been  joyous.  The  familiar  salutations  of  friends, 
from  whom  we  have  been  for- a  season  parted,  the  warm  grasp  of  the 
friendly  hand,  the  mutual  recital  of  experiences,  the  sight  of  the  well 
known  village  and  its  landscapes,  —  these  have  been  the  most  promi- 
nent circumstances  of  a  convention,  and  have  forever  associated  with 
our  gatherings  the  most  gladdening  recollections.  But  all  has  not 
been  joy; — there  have  also  been  times  of  sorrow.  Death,  that 
spares  no  band,  has  not  withheld  his  hand  from  ours.  Again  and 
again  our  ranks  have  been  thinned  by  his  unerring  shafts.  One  after 
another,  the  young,  the  promising,  —  those  to  whom  we  look  for 
noble  deeds  in  the  future,  have  fallen  by  our  side,  and  we  have 
mournfully  betaken  us  to  our  journey  alone. 

But  whatever  change  may  have  met  our  eyes  here,  we  always,  ex- 
cept on  a  single  occasion,  until  one  year  ago,  were  cheered  by  the 
countenance,  and  encouraged  by  the  words  of  one  whom  we  loved  as 
our  teacher,  and  venerated  as  a  noble  illustration  of  the  Christian 
man.  At  our  last  meeting,  we  were  informed  that  ill  health  kept 
him  in  a  distant  part  of  the  State.  To-day,  we  miss  him  again,  and 
•even  the  faint  ray  of  hope  with  which  we  then  solaced  ourselves,  has 


42  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

been  extinguished.  Our  hearts  are  saddened  by  the  knowledge  that 
he  has  departed  from  our  midst,  and  that  while  we  continue  bound 
to  this  lower  world,  our  separation  from  him  is  final.  This,  indeed, 
is  a  new  experience,  and  one  for  which)  notwithstanding  what  we 
knew  of  the  inroads  of  disease  upon  his  system,  we  were  scarcely 
prepared.  And  even  with  the  positive  knowledge  we  now  possess,  it 
is  hard  to  realize  the  saddening  truth.  It  almost  seems  as  if  a  con- 
vention could  not  be  held  without  his  presence.  We  can  scarcely 
conceive  of  the  scene  without  the  central  figure  that  was  wont  to  give 
dignity  to  it,  and  to  kindle  the  enthusiasm  of  us  all. 

But  the  sad  reality  must  be  contemplated,  and  on  the  present  oc- 
casion it  is  fit  that  we  should  express  for  his  memory,  in  some  suita- 
ble way,  the  respect  and  affection  which  we  all  profoundly  feel,  and 
to  impress  upon  ourselves  the  lesson  taught  us  by  his  life  and  his 
death.  And  in  our  expressions  of  respect  and  sorrow,  I  am  quite 
sure  there  will  be  none  of  the  cold  formality  which  is  sometimes  ex- 
hibited. For  if  there  is  any  vice  which  the  very  remembrance  of 
him  would  rebuke  in  a  manner  more  marked  than  another,  it  is  the 
vice  of  pretence,  —  the  ostentatious  profession  of  a  sentiment  which 
we  do  not  entertain.  No,  our  grief  is  real ;  —  our  tribute  of  respect 
unfeigned.  We  dare  not  profane  the  memory  of  one  so  invariably 
loyal  to  the  truth  and  truthfulness,  with  any  offering  that  comes  not 
from  the  heart ! 

NICHOLAS  TILLINGHAST,  the  first  principal  of  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Bridgewater,  was  born  at  Taunton,  Bristol  County,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  Saturday  the  22d  of  September,  1804.  He  was  the 
second  son,  and  seventh  child,  of  Nicholas  Tillinghast,  Esq.,  at  that 
time,  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  the  Bristol  Bar.  He 
early  exhibited  the  germ  of  inflexible  adherence  to  what  he  con- 
sidered the  right,  and  that  elevated  and  correct  tone  of  moral  feeling, 
wlych,  in  later  years,  expanded  into  the  controlling  principle  of  his 
life. 

At  a  proper  age  he  was  sent  to  the  Bristol  Academy,  at  Taunton, 
where  he  pursued  the  studies  usually  attended  to  in  those  days  by 
lads  who  were  to  prepare  for  college.  It  had  probably  been  the  in- 
tention of  his  father  to  give  him  a  college  training,  but  the  father's 
death,  which  occurred  in  April,  1818,  left  the  family  in  circumstances 
that  induced  them  to  relinquish  this  project,  and  the  young  man  was 
taken  out  of  the  Academy,  and  placed  in  the  office  of  a  lawyer. 
Here  he  continued  for  about  two  years ;  and  in  June,  1820,  through 
the  aid  of  Hon.  Marcus  Morton,  at  that  time  a  member  of  Congress, 
an  appointment  to  a  West  Point  cadetship  was  obtained  for  him. 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  43 

Thus  was  the  whole  course  of  his  life  changed ;  and  instead  of  the 
smooth  and  pleasant  path  of  a  New  England  student,  he  was  or- 
dained to  enter  upon  the  rough  marches  and  toilsome  labors  incident 
to  a  life  in  the  United  States  Army.  Speculation  as  to  the  degree  of 
usefulness  he  might  have  attained,  if  such  change  had  not  occurred 
is  vain ;  perhaps  the  wisest  cannot  with  any  confidence  offer  an  opin- 
ion upon  the  subject.  For  those  whom  it  intends  for  high  usefulness, 
Providence  always  furnishes  the  necessary  culture,  whether  they  be 
reared  in  the  cot  or  in  the  palace ;  whether  they  are  trained  in  the 
cell  of  the  student,  or  amid  the  hardships  of  frontier  life.  There  can 
be  no  doubt,  however,  that  the  severe  mental  discipline  of  the  Mili- 
tary Academy,  the  self-reliance  induced  by  the  active  duties  of  the 
graduated  officer,  are,  to  those  possessed  of  moral  stamina  enough  to 
endure  them  and  make  proper  use  of  them,  excellent  preparations 
for  the  business  of  teaching.  They  not  only  contribute  mental 
strength,  but  accustom  the  mind  to  act  promptly  from  its  own  judg- 
ment formed  upon  the  spot ;  and  this  readiness  in  deciding  is  a  valu- 
able attainment  to  one  whose  vocation  calls  him  to  immediate  decision 
many  times  in  the  day,  and  upon  very  important  questions, —  which 
is  in  a  high  degree  the  case  with  the  teacher. 

Mr.  Tillinghast's  course  as  a  cadet  was  in  keeping  with  his  general 
character.  As  a  scholar,  he  does  not  appear  to  have  been  brilliant, 
but  we  doubt  not  he  was  always  reliable.  It  is  something  to  say  of  him 
that  he  passed  successfully  the  several  examinations  to  which  every 
cadet  is  subjected.  Of  his  own  class,  consisting  originally  of  seventy 
members,  only  thirty-one  were  able  to  come  out  of  the  ordeal  un- 
scathed, at  the  end  of  four  years.  That  he  was  among  the  thirty-one 
will  certainly  appear  to  his  credit  as  a  scholar,  when  it  is  remembered 
that  he  was  one  of  the  twelve  youngest  in  the  class  on  being  admitted. 
But  he  occupied  by  no  means  a  low  position  in  the  class  thus  elimi- 
nated. His  number  on  the  merit  roll  was  thirteen,  "which,"  in  the 
language  of  the  venerable  Col.  Thayer,  at  that  time  Superintendent 
of  the  Academy,  "was  a  highly  respectable  standing,  considering 
that  he  was  then  the  youngest  but  five  in  his  class,  and  that  in  schol- 
arship, the  differen€e  between  him  and  most  of  those  above  him  was 
very  slight."  Those  who  have  learned  all  they  know  of  his  success 
as  a  student  at  West  Point  from  his  own  conversation  in  respect  to  it, 
will  be  surprised  to  learn  that  he  stood  so  high ;  for  here,  as  every- 
where, his  own  estimate  of  his  labor  and  of  its  results  was  very  far 
short  of  that  placed  upon  them  by  others.  Indeed  the  standing  here 
indicated  is  precisely  that  which,  from  his  character,  we  should  ex- 
pect to  find  him  occupying.  It  does  not  indicate  the  possession  of 


44  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

splendid  and  showy  powers,  but  rather  of  a  mind  solid,  reliable, 
thinking  more  of  the  quality  than  of  the  quantity  of  its  acquisitions, 
—  acquiring  carefully,  so  that  every  new  truth  learned  should  become 
a  part  of  the  mind  itself,  and  be  a  support  and  strength  to  it  when  the 
Academic  course  should  close,  and  the  special  stimuli  there  applied 
should  be  withdrawn. 

He  graduated  on  the  first  day  of  July,  1824,  and  was  commissioned 
as  a  second  Lieutenant  in  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  Infantry.  After 
serving  for  three  years  on  the  Western  frontier,  he  was  attached  to 
the  Military  Academy  as  an  instructor  .in  Chemistry,  Mineralogy  and 
Geology ;  and  having  performed  the  duties  of  that  situation  for  two 
years,  he  again  joined  his  regiment  in  the  West.  In  August,  1830, 
he  was  reattached  to  the  Academy  as  Assistant  Professor  of  Ethics, 
and  continued  to  act  in  that  capacity  until  December  1834,  when, 
being  promoted  to  a  captaincy,  he  again  went  to  the  frontiers,  and  re- 
mained in  command  of  a  company  in  Arkansas  for  nearly  two  years. 
He  resigned  his  place  in  the  Army  in  1836. 

We  doubt  not  that  Mr.  Tillinghast,  while  an  officer  in  the  Army, 
discharged  his  duty  faithfully  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  superiors. 
But  his  tastes  and  feelings  were  ill-adapted  to  that  mode  of  life.  He 
found  good  and  noble  men  among  the  officers  under  whom  he  served 
and  with  whom  he  was  associated,  but  we  think  we  may  say  with 
truth  that  his  experience  of  military  life  deepened  in  his  mind  the 
dislike  for  war  and  all  its  paraphernalia.  He  was  emphatically  a 
man  of  peace,  in  feeling  and  in  principle. 

During  his  residence  in  the  western  forests  and  prairies,  he  suffered 
much  from  diseases  incident  to  those  regions,  —  fever  and  ague  and 
other  complaints  ;  and  his  friends  think  that  his  physical  powers  were 
essentially  weakened  during  his  stay  in  Arkansas.  His  resignation 
was  undoubtedly  caused  by  this  circumstance,  joined  to  the  distaste 
for  military  life,  to  which  allusion  has  already  been  made. 

From  the  time  of  his  leaving  the  army  until  his  appointment  by  the 
Board  of  Education,  in  1840,  to  take  charge  of  the  Normal  School 
at  Bridgewater,  Mr.  Tillinghast  was  a  teacher  in  Boston.  For  the 
most  of  his  time  he  taught  a  private  school,  fitting  young  men  for 
West  Point,  for  engineers,  &c.  He  was  also  for  a  short  time  an 
instructor  in  the  English  High  School  at  Boston,  and  always  enter- 
tained a  great  respect  for  Mr.  Sherwin,  the  accomplished  head  of 
that  instituiion. 

It  was  while  laboring  in  this  quiet  and  retiring  manner  that  he  was 
sought  out  by  Hon.  Horace  Mann,  then  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  and  invited  to  accept  the  Principalship  of  the  School 


45 

which  it  was  proposed  to  establish  at  Bridgewater.  After  serious 
consideration,  and  with  great  reluctance,  he  finally  consented  to 
accept  the  post.  On  this  occasion,  as  always,  he  distrusted  himself. 
He  shrunk  from  assuming  the  grave  responsibility  belonging  to  the 
situation.  To  be  a  teacher  of  teachers  seemed  to  him  a  great  thing, 
and  he  did  not  look  upon  himself  as  fitted  to  accomplish  great  things. 
Verily  the  history  of  man  does  occasionally  furnish  examples  of  a 
judgment  erring  on  the  side  of  modesty. 

In  order  to  understand  the  importance  of  the  work  which  Mr.  Til- 
linghast  was  called  upon  to  do,  and  the  consequences  depending 
upon  it,  we  may  find  it  useful  to  recall  some  facts  in  regard  to  the 
establishment  of  the  Normal  Schools  in  Massachusetts.  The  estab- 
lishment of  these  schools  was  not  a  measure  first  proposed  by  a  leg- 
islative committee,  and  put  into  operation  wholly  at  the  State's  ex- 
pense. On  the  contrary,  it  was  proposed  by  individuals,  and  for  the 
first  three  years  of  their  existence,  the  State  bore  much  less  than  half 
the  expense  of  supporting  them.  Three  years,  it  was  judged,  would 
be  sufficient  for  trying  the  experiment,  —  for  testing  the  plan  of  train- 
ing teachers  for  the  public  schools  at  the  public  expense.  At  the  end 
of  three  years,  of  course,  the  whole  expense  of  their  continuance 
would  come  upon  the  State.  Under  these  circumstances,  it  will  be 
easy  to  see  that  the  duty  of  the  teachers  of  the  Normal  Schools  was 
no  sinecure.  It  was  required  of  these  teachers,  that,  with  exceed- 
ingly imperfect  instrumentalities,  they  should  demonstrate  to  the  fru- 
gal voters  of  the  Commonwealth,  the  utility  of  a  set  of  institutions 
that  were  to  take  from  the  State  treasury  large  sums  for  the  erection 
of  school  buildings,  and  ultimately,  thousands  of  dollars  annually 
for  their  ordinary  support.  For  feeble  humanity  this  would  seem  to 
have  been  task  enough;  but  in  addition  to  all  this,  they  were  com- 
pelled to  encounter  a  fierce  opposition  from  many  teachers,  who 
thought  their  own  field  of  labor  encroached  upon  by  the  new,  and 
hitherto  unheard  of,  State  seminaries.  Surely,  under  these  circum- 
stances, success  was  a  great  achievement,  and  the  fact  that  success 
was  attained,  speaks  the  praise  of  those  earnest  teachers  more  loudly 
than  any  words  of  mine  can  do  it.  It  may,  I  know,  be  urged,  with 
truth,  that  the  schools  had  good  friends  in  the  Legislature  and  else- 
where, and  that  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  was  a  gentleman  of 
superior  ability,  extended  culture,  great  influence,  indomitable  reso- 
lution, and  unflinching  devotion  to  the  .cause,  in  which,  at  a  great 
personal  sacrifice,  he  had  engaged.  The  earnest  support  of  all  these 
was  necessary  to  the  successful  establishing  of  these  institutions.  If 
any  of  them  had  been  wanting,  the  scheme  must  have  fallen  through. 


46  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

But  every  friend  of  popular  education  has  reason  to  be  thankful,  that 
in  the  trying  hour  they  all  stood  bravely  at  their  posts ;  that  the  Sec- 
retary had  counted  the  cost  before  entering  upon  the  war ;  that  mem- 
bers of  the  Legislature,  regardless  of  self  and  self-interest,  gave 
their  energies  to  the  support  of  a  measure  which  has  so  abundantly 
improved  the  character  of  the  public  schools ;  that  the  teachers,  in 
spite  of  many  obstacles,  such  as  the  brief  period  during  which  their 
pupils  were  under  their  instruction,  the  want  of  suitable  buildings 
and  apparatus,  and  the  influence  of  the  opposition  already  men- 
tioned, still  persisted  in  their  noble  work,  with  a  faith  that  removed 
the  mountains  in  their  path,  and  an  industry  that  knew  no  fatigue. 

But  it  will  be  especially  useful  for  us  to  enquire  what  means  our 
teacher  took  to  prepare  himself  for  the  work  which  he  regarded  as  of 
such  importance.  The  school  at  Barre,  which  went  into  operation 
on  the  4th  of  September,  1839,  had  been  placed  under  the  charge 
of  Professor  Samuel  P.  Newman,  of  Bowdoin  College.  Mr.  Tilling- 
hast,  when  he  had  finally  concluded  to  accept  the  appointment 
offered  him,  proceeded  to  Barre,  and  spent  six  months  in  observing 
the  methods,  and  studying  the  principles  adopted  by  Prof.  Newman 
in  his  school.  During  this  time,  he  prepared  many  manuscripts  of 
lectures  and  explanations  for  his  own  use  in  his  new  position.  Every 
subject  on  which  he  was  to  give  instruction  was  carefully  thought 
out,  and  the  results  of  his  thoughts  were  committed  to  paper  for  future 
use.  This  work  of  six  months,  however,  was  but  the  beginning  of 
what  may  be  called  his  preparatory  labor.  Every  exercise  was  care- 
fully considered  before  it  was  to  come  on,  —  usually  on  the  night  be- 
fore ;  and  very  frequently  it  happened  that  midnight  found  and  left 
him  at  his  labors.  And  such  watching  was  not  atoned  for  by  morn- 
ing slumbers,  for  the  early  morning  was  likewise  devoted  to  duty. 
He  was  a  believer  in  industry,  in  the  power  of  earnest  work,  and 
maintained  that  nothing  truly  valuable  can  be  accomplished  without 
it.  When  he  had  thus  prepared  himself,  as  well  as  the  brief  space 
of  time,  intervening  between  his  appointment  and  the  commence- 
ment of  his  labors  would  permit,  he  entered  upon  his  duties  as  Prin- 
cipal of  the  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater,  on  the  9th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1840. 

Here,  and  at  this  time,  no  doubt,  began  the  great  work  of  his  life. 
Whatever  may  have  been  his  success  in  his  previous  employments,  it 
is  not  likely  that  it  was  such  as  to  make  him  particularly  eminent. 
But  in  the  Normal  School,  his  position  soon  became  a  marked  one. 
Upon  the  public  schools  of  the  Commonwealth,  he  has  exerted  a  tell- 
ing influence  for  their  elevation  and  improvement.  This  influence  is 


47 

felt  not  only  in  those  schools  which  are  under  the  direct  charge  of  his 
pupils,  but  also  in  hundreds  of  others,  where  his  name  was  never 
heard.  His  spirit,  his  views,  his  methods,  seem  to  have  become  part 
and  parcel  of  our  educational  system,  —  they  seem  like  the  waters  of 
a  clear  stream,  to  impart  their  own  purity  to  the  wave  with  which 
they  mingle.  They  float  about  in  the  educational  atmosphere,  and 
are  inhaled  by  all  who  breathe  it.  There  is  no  especial  part  of  the 
system  which  he  originated ;  no  institution  which  he  founded  or  en- 
dowed, or  to  which  he  gave  a  name.  These  may  be  called  the  ma- 
terial or  corporeal  parts  of  a  people's  educational  means.  But  he 
furnished  much  of  what  we  may  consider  the  soul, — the  animating 
principle  that  moves  this  otherwise  dead  machinery.  He  built  no 
schoolhouses,  but  he  built  the  character  of  many  an  earnest  and  suc- 
cessful teacher.  And  as  the  teacher  is  more  valuable  than  the 
school-house  or  school  system,  however  valuable  these  may  be, —  as 
the  soul. is  nobler  than  the  tenement  in  which  it  dwells,  —  so  was  his 
life  a  nobler  benefaction  to  the  cause  of  education,  than  if  it  had 
been  spent  in  endowing  institutions  or  framing  systems.  Travel  over 
our  Commonwealth ;  visit  elsewhere  hundreds  of  school-houses  of 
every  degree  of  architectural  pretension,  from  the  lowly,  weather- 
stained  cabin  in  the  field  or  forest,  to  the  costly  structure  that  graces 
the  attractive  avenue  in  the  city ;  —  and  you  will  find  his  pupils  in 
them  all,  and  all,  without  exception,  ready  to  attribute  to  him  the 
elements  of  their  highest  success. 

As  a  teacher,  Mr.  Tillinghast  had  many  striking  characteristics. 
In  the  first  place,  he  acquired  a  power  over  his  pupils,  —  men  and 
women,  —  that  we  think  is  seldom  attained.  To  mere  lookers  on,  it 
seemed  like  a  sort  of  fascination,  and  even  to  the  objects  of  it,  the 
pupils  themselves,  it  was  often  a  mystery.  For  he  used  none  of  the 
arts  commonly  practiced  to  secure  the  good  opinion  and  attachment 
of  men.  On  the  contrary,  his  manner  towards  those  who  were  not 
more  or  less  familiar  with  him,  was  sometimes  thought  to  be  cold, 
distant,  reserved.  Even  in  his  intercourse  with  his  pupils,  he  was 
far  from  habitually  adopting  that  freedom  and  ease  of  manner  which 
often  makes  school  so  pleasant.  And  yet,  we  may  venture  to  say 
that  the  instances  are  very  rare,  in  which  a  teacher  is  so  earnestly, 
and  at  the  same  time  so  universally  beloved  by  his  pupils  as  was  Mr. 
Tillinghast.  The  true  secret  of  this  power  of  his  over  his  pupils, 
which  enabled  him  to  fill  them  in  a  great  measure  with  his  own 
spirit,  as  well  as  of  the  remarkable  affection  which  they  entertained 
towards  him,  —  the  secret  of  all  this  lay  in  his  personal  character,  in 
that  quiet  but  unflinching  devotion  to  principle,  that  heroic  and  real 


48  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

abnegation  of  self,  which  to  those  who  knew  him  intimately,  appeared 
as  the  ruling  trait  of  his  moral  nature.  His  words,  being  few,  and 
well  considered,  were  very  impressive,  and  yet,  not  so  much  for  what 
he  said  as  for  what  he  was.,  did  he  exert  so  positive,  so  salutary,  and 
so  extended  an  influence.  His  pupils  were  fully  persuaded  of  the 
soundness  of  his  judgment,  his  unswerving  integrity  of  purpose,  his 
perfect  sincerity  and  scrupulous  justice  ;  and  in  this  persuasion,  they 
seemed  to  surrender  themselves  unconditionally  to  his  influence.. 
His  devotional  exercises  in  the  school  were  always  conducted  with 
great  simplicity  of  manner,  but  with  a  power  which  his  pupils  can 
never  forget.  His  reading  of  the  Scriptures,  and  of  those  brief, 
earnest  and  devout  prayers,  in  his  calm  and  serious  manner,  was  an 
exceedingly  impressive  exercise.  The  words  sounded  through  the 
perfectly  quiet  room  like  the  voice  of  inspiration.  He  did  not  dis- 
card the  teaching  of  religion  and  morals,  by  word  or  by  book,  but  in 
these  departments,  he  depended  mainly  upon  that  silent  teaching 
which  a  man  of  strong  religious  feeling,  and  pure  character  will  in- 
fuse into  the  very  atmosphere  of  a  school-room.  One  of  the  natural 
results  of  this  course  was,  that  when  he  did  employ  words  for  enforc- 
ing some  religious  or  moral  truth,  they  made  a  deep  and  distinct  im- 
pression upon  the  listener's  mind,  and  the  precepts  imparted  were,  in 
many  instances,  never  forgotten.  His  power  was  particularly  appar- 
ent when  some  delinquency  on  the  part  of  a  pupil,  made  it  necessary 
to  administer  reproof.  On  such  occasions,  his  words  were  very  few, 
and  by  no  means  severe,  and  yet  they  very  deeply  affected  those  to- 
whom  they  were  addressed.  I  never  knew  a  pupil  of  his  who  did 
not  shrink  even  from  the  mildest  reprimand  from  him.  The  mere 
knowledge  on  the  part  of  a  pupil,  that  Mr.  Tillinghast  disapproved 
of  his  course,  even  where  no  disapprobation  had  been  expressed, 
was  a  burden  which  very  few  could  endure.  I  do  not  think  that  in 
the  management  of  his  school,  he  can  be  said  to  have  been  fertile  in 
expedients.  He  ruled  by  the  force  of  his  own  exalted  character,  by 
his  earnestness  and  faith.  His  remedies  for  delinquency  were,  in  the 
main,  general ;  he  did  not  resort  to  one  expedient  with  one  person, 
and  to  another  with  the  next,  but  he  approached  all  in  the  same 
straight  forward  and  frank  manner.  This  course  is  not  to  be  com- 
mended to  every  teacher ;  most  of  us  need  to  vary  our  modes  of 
reproof  or  punishment,  according  to  the  character  of  the  individual 
to  be  affected.  Our  moral  power  is  too  feeble ;  it  cannot  bend  the 
stubborn  will,  or  arouse  the  slumbering  energies  of  our  pupils,  with- 
out the  aid  of  schemes  devised  by  the  intellect.  But  in  Mr.  Tilling- 
hast, the  moral  power  was  so  well  developed  that  it  seemed  to  bear 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  49 

down  all  opposition  before  it,  without  the  aid  of  shifts  and  expe- 
dients, and  for  himself,  his  mode  of  proceeding  was  undoubtedly  the 
best. 

Of  his  character  as  a  teacher  of  the  intellect,  we  may  also  say  that 
it  was  distinctly  marked.  His  most  notable  trait  in  this  respect 
was  something  similar  to  what  is  usually  expressed  by  the  word  thor- 
oughness. And  yet  this  word  does  not  fully  exhibit  the  idea.  There 
was  thoroughness  in  his  teaching,  but  there  was  also  another  element, 
which  if  we  could  coin  a  word,  we  might  call  logicalness, — an  ar- 
ranging of  the  subject  taught  according  to  the  character  and  wants  of 
the  mind  to  be  instructed.  In  every  operation,  there  was  not  only 
thorough  knowledge,  but  thorough  reasoning.  Every  point  was  not 
only  to  be  thoroughly  understood,  but  it  was  to  be  understood  ration- 
ally ;  it  was  to  be  understood  not  only  by  itself,  but  also  in  its  rela- 
tions. The  pupil  was  himself  required  to  discover  if  possible,  or  at 
least  to  appreciate,  the  connection  between  one  part  of  the  subject 
and  another,  to  see  how  much  of  one  statement  could  be  inferred 
from  a  previous  one.  Mere  thoroughness  in  the  knowledge  of  facts, 
or  of  principles  learned  and  remembered,  is  a  very  different  matter 
from  the  thoroughness  that  characterized  the  teaching  of  Mr.  Tilling- 
hast.  The  one  can  be  accomplished  by  the  industry  of  the  pupil ; 
the  other  requires,  in  addition,  careful  thought  and  ready  skill  on  the 
part  of  the  teacher.  His  great  weapon,  by  the  help  of  which  he  ac- 
complished his  work  in  the  recitation-room,  was  the  asking  of  ques- 
tions. And  his  questions  were  always  framed  with  a  view  of  ascer- 
taining, in  respect  to  the  subject  of  the  lesson  -what  the  pupil  knew, 
and  how  he  knew  it,  and  the  casual  interrogative  was  so  frequently 
employed  in  his  exercises,  that  his  pupils  were  in  the  habit  of  calling 
it  the  "eternal  -why."  He  had  rare  skill  in  arranging  his  questions, 
so  as  to  expose  every  false  opinion,  every  illogical  conclusion.  How 
many  times  has  the  glib  and  fair-seeming  explanation  been  shown  to 
be  hollow  and  unmeaning  by  his  searching  interrogatories  1  How 
often  have  ignorance  and  sophistry  been  forced  suddenly  to  stand  out 
in  their  native  deformity,  as  at  the  touch  of  an  Ithuriel's  spear,  when 
in  guise  of  knowledge  and  wisdom,  they  had  been  silently  but  surely 
working  the  destruction  of  thorough  study  and  good  mental  habits  ! 
And  how  many  teachers  rejoice,  to-day  in  having  had  their  eyes  first 
opened  by  these  thorough  and  faithful  recitations  ! 

From  this  it  will  appear  that  Mr.  Tillinghast  was  a  teacher,  an 
educator,  one  who  considered  his  employment  an  art,  to  be  rightly 
practiced  only  by  those  who  in  some  way  have  studied  its  principles. 
It  is  scarcely  necessary  for  me  to  add  here  that  he  was  entirely  in- 


50  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

different  as  to  where  or  how  such  study  had  been  pursued,  provided 
only  it  had  been  thorough  and  efficient.  He  thoroughly  knew  what 
he  was  to  teach, — no  man  better, — but  he  also  knew  how  the  knowl- 
edge must  be  imparted  in  order  to  promote  the  mental  culture  of  the 
pupil.  His  recitations  were  quiet,  he  employed  in  them  very  few 
words,  and  yet  they  were  full  of  earnest  thought  both  on  his  own  part 
and  on  that  of  the  .scholars.  Indeed,  the  most  noticeable  thing  about 
his  recitations  was  their  tendency  to  awaken  thought  in  the  pupil. 
And  this  we  should  be  prepared  to  expect  from  knowing  how  they 
were  conducted.  Every  individual  was  required  to  stand  upon  his 
own  feet,  and  when  he  made  a  statement,  to  make  it  from  his  own 
perception  of  its  truth.  There  was  no  trading  on  borrowed  capital, — 
or  if  circumstances  seemed  to  indicate  that  this  was  attempted, — that 
something  was  confidently  stated,  which  had  been  received  by  the 
pupil  upon  authority,  when  it  ought  to  have  been  reached  by  his  own 
thought,  how  soon  a  skillful  question,  calling  for  an  exhibition  of  the 
vouchers,  became  the  occasion  of  a  failure  ! 

It  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  state  here  that  Mr.  Tillinghast  was 
of  the  opinion  that  it  would  be  neither  well  nor  expedient  to  make 
the  Normal  Schools  exclusively  professional,  in  the  sense  of  excluding 
from  them  every  study  except  that  of  the  science  and  art  of  teaching. 
Indeed,  his  own  instruction  in  this  latter  department  was,  in  a  great 
measure,  though  not  entirely,  imparted  indirectly  and  in  connection 
with  the  teaching  of  other  things.  And  let  it  not  be  thought,  on  this 
account,  that  he  considered  it  of  trifling  importance.  By  no  means  ; 
for  a  considerable  portion  of  time  was  devoted  entirely  to  this  subject 
in  his  own  school.  But  when  we  speak  of  Mr.  Tillinghast's  giving 
instruction  indirectly,  we  must  not  forget  that  he  had  a  power  of 
silent,  and  perhaps  "unconscious"  teaching,  that  produced  great  and 
positive  results.  This  we  have  already  attempted  to  set  forth.  He 
taught  many  things  without  uttering  a  word,  that  in  the  minds  of  his 
pupils,  have  taken  a  distinct  form,  and  become  to  them  a  sure  guide. 

But  rather  than  say  anything  further  of  my  own,  concerning  Mr. 
Tillinghast's  qualities  as  a  teacher,  I  will  take  the  liberty  of  repeating 
the  testimony  of  another  of  his  pupils,  a  gentleman  eminent  in  his 
profession,  occupying  an  important  and  honorable  post  connected  with 
the  educational  interests  of  another  State,  and  who  was  for  long  and 
intimately  acquainted  with  our  beloved  teacher.  This  testimony  seems 
to  me  so  just  and  well  expressed  that  I  introduce  it  even  at  the  risk  of 
some  slight  repetition  : 

"He  was  a  truly  religious  man,  and  in  the  highest  and  best  sense ; 
for  his  religion  manifested  itself  in  his  life  and  deeds,  rather  than  in 


MR.  TILLINGH AST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  51 

his  words.     He  always  sought  to  know  the  right,  and  to  do  it ;  to 
seek  the  path  of  duty  and  to  follow  it,  lead  where  it  might. 

"  He  was  sincere  and  true  in  his  dealings  with  himself  and  with 
others,  neither  doing  or  saying  anything  merely  for  effect.  He  cen- 
sured the  wrong  because  it  was  wrong,  and  commended  the  right  he- 
cause  it  was  right,  and  showed  by  his  life  that  his  own  standard  of 
action  corresponded  to  that  which  he  indicated  to  others. 

"He  was  truly  and  unaffectedly  modest.  He  forced  you  to  think 
of  the  subject  he  presented  rather  than  of  himself.  He  never  pressed 
himself,  his  opinions,  or  his  school  on  the  notice  of  others.  He 
sought  no  expression  of  their  good  opinion,  and  deprecated  not  their 
ill  opinion.  While  at  times  he  may  have  felt  that  his  school  did  not 
receive  that  attention  from  without  which  it  deserved,  and  that  his 
work  was  not  fully  appreciated  by  any  save  his  own  pupils,  he  would 
by  no  act  or  word  call  attention  to  it.  He  was  content  to  labor  on, 
believing  that  the  time  would  surely  come  when  the  result  of  his  work 
would  be  made  manifest,  whether  he  should  be  known  in  it  or  not. 

"  He  had  that  high  self-respect  which  led  him  to  respect  others. 
He  therefore  appealed  to  worthy  motives  only.  Everything  like  trick- 
ery and  deception  he  despised,  in  teacher  as  well  as  in  pupil.  Hence 
he  could  never  tolerate  those  whom  he  could  not  trust.  He  had  a 
deep  sense  of  personal  responsibility,  and  sought, —  with  great  suc- 
cess,—  to  inspire  others  with  it. 

"  His  words  of  reproof  were  few,  yet  apt.  There  was  no  escaping 
them.  They  never  came  undeserved,  they  were  always  direct,  al- 
ways kindly  spoken,  and  always  'told  home.' 

"  Though  at  first  reserved  and  apparently  cold  and  distant,  he  was 
very  warm-hearted  and  generous,  sympathetic  and  kind.  Happy  in- 
deed were  they  who  came  to  know  him  intimately. 

"He  was  industrious,  earnest,  and  devoted.  He  allowed  himself 
no  idle  hours,  and  discouraged  all  idleness  in  others.  He  believed 
that '  nothing  good  was  ever  come  by  without  labor,'  and  regarded  in- 
dustry as  a  duty.  Hence,  he  never  did  his  pupils'  work  for  them. 
He  would  guide  them  in  the  right  track,  and  indicate  methods  of 
overcoming  difficulties,  but  nothing  more.  His  suggestions  and  ex- 
planations, and  the  assistance  he  rendered  never  did  away  with  the 
necessity  of  thought  on  the  part  of  the  pupil,  but  rather  made  it  the 
more  necessary.  With  him  no  glibness  or  readiness  could  conceal  or 
atone  for  a  want  of  study ;  nor  could  self-distrust  or  diffidence  hide 
the  evidence  of  faithful  preparation. 

"Almost  invariably  accurate,  he  was  ever  ready  to  acknowledge 
any  error  he  had  made.  The  sentence,  fl  was  wrong  in  my  state- 


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ment  or  opinion,' fell  from  his  lips,  though  very,  very  rarely  called 
for,  as  easily  as  did  the  contrary  one,  'You  were  wrong.'  He  never 
sought  to  hide,  or  explain  away,  or  excuse  erroneous  statement  or 
explanation  which  he  had,  made ;  but  always  endeavored  to  correct 
it.  He  was  very  successful  in  exciting  a  similar  spirit  in  his  pupils. 

"He  had  a  great  analytical  power.  While  he  could  grasp  a  subject 
as  a  whole,  he  could  also  comprehend  all  its  parts,  could  trace  their 
relations  to  each  other,  and  could  determine  the  proper  place  and  im- 
portance of  each.  To  this  power  he  was  indebted,  I  think,  for  the 
great  clearness  of  his  explanations. 

"He  had  a  great  love  for  thoroughness, —  thoroughness  in  study,  in 
teaching,  in  everything.  Especially  was  he  thorough  in  investigating 
and  teaching  the  first  principles  of  a  science.  In  his  view,  a  deficien- 
cy there  was  fatal.  He  held  his  pupils  to  a  point  till  they  mastered 
it,  and  could  appreciate  something  of  its  relations.  Those  accus- 
tomed to  superficial  views,  sometimes  complained  at  first  of  their  slow 
progress  :  but,  when  the  work  was  done,  and  they  were  prepared  for 
a  higher  course,  they  felt  its  value. 

"In  his  teaching  he  was  strictly  inductive;  developing  his  subjects 
easily  and  naturally,  and  removing  difficulties,  and  explaining  just 
enough  to  stimulate  to  exertion.  He  would  question  closely,  and 
would  make  his  pupils  feel  their  ignorance  and  need  of  study,  without 
humiliating  them. 

"He  usually  read  character  very  readity  and  accurately,  though  he 
was  sometimes  deceived.  This,  however,  but  seldom  happened.  He 
understood  his  pupils  much  better  than  they  thought  he  did,  and 
knew  much  of  their  thoughts,  feelings  and  habits  of  life." 

To  this  testimony  I  will  only  add  a  few  considerations  in  regard  to 
Mr.  Tillinghast's  character  as  a  man.  As  has  already  been  intimated, 
the  great  distinctive  feature  of  his  character  was  his  constant  reference 
to  principle,  in  respect  to  every  act. 

His  judgment  of  others,  and  especially  of  his  friends,  was  kind 
and  liberal.  He  was  always  very  lenient  toward  the  faults  of  his 
assistant  teachers,  excusing  in  them  many  deficiencies  that  he  would 
have  severely  censured  in  himself,  and  expressing  great  satisfaction 
with  their  performances,  when  it  was  morally  certain  that  he  would  have 
regarded  similar  things  in  himself  as  of  very  little  worth. 

His  practical  benevolence,  although  it  made  serious  drafts  upon  his 
moderate  salary,  was  conducted  strictly  upon  the  Christian  plan, — his 
left  hand  never  knowing  what  his  right  hand  was  doing.  Many  a 
man  could  tell  of  substantial  aid  received  from  him  in  greatest  need, 
and  the  books  of  benevolent  and  reformatory  associations  would  show 


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•no  meagre  sums  accredited  to  his  name,  were  it  not  that  the  name 
was  most  frequently  withheld,  when  the  gift  was  delivered.  Where 
prudence  and  benevolence  came  in  apparent  conflict,  and  either  of 
them  was  called  to  give  way,  that  duty  generally  fell  to  the  share  of 
the  more  cautious  virtue.  All  generous  reforms  had  in  him  a  warm 
sympathizer,  and  a  prompt  supporter ;  and  his  firm  and  consistent 
anti-slavery  was  not  without  the  usual  accompaniments  of  obloquy 
and  social  proscription.  Naturally  he  was  a  man  of  strong  feelings, 
both  of  liking  and  aversion.  He  was  the  firm  friend, — not  exacting, 
but  liberal, —  making  his  friendships  more  valuable  to  his  friends  than 
to  himself.  His  aversions  were  not  for  persons,  but  qualities.  He 
was  really  impatient  of  certain  vices,  such  as  deceit,  pretence,  the 
putting  on  of  false  appearances,  the  arrogating  to  one's  self  of  excel- 
lencies to  which  there  was  no  claim,  the  doing  of  things  for  mere  ef- 
fect, and  similar  maneuvering.  His  own  conduct  was  outspoken  and 
straightforward,  and  his  feeling  of  contempt  for  the  opposite  course 
was  very  strong.  But,  he  was  free  from  suspicion,  very  slow  to  at- 
tribute bad  motives,  unwilling  to  believe  evil  of  those  about  him  ;  and 
it  was  only  upon  very  strong  evidence,  that  men  came  under  his  con- 
demnation. 

In  his  religious  feeling,  he  was  habitually  earnest  and  devout;  but 
his  devotion  did  not  obtrude  itself  upon  men's  observation,  and  draw 
attention  to  itself.  It  was  a  modest,  firm,  constant,  deep-seated,  calm 
and  trusting  devotion.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  and  for  many  years 
before,  he  held  the  office  of  deacon  in  the  Unitarian  church  at  Bridge- 
water.  We  believe  he  was  a  Christian,  for,  otherwise,  we  know  not 
how  to  interpret  that  teaching  of  our  Saviour  :  "  By  their  fruits  shall 
ye  know  them  :  a  corrupt  tree  cannot  bring  forth  good  fruit." 

Mr.  Tillinghast's  modesty  made  him  exceedingly  disinclined  to 
appear  before  the  public  as  an  author,  and  we  are  not  aware  that  he 
•ever  did  so  except  in  two  instances.  About  the  time  of  his  appoint- 
ment to  Bridgevvater,  he  prepared  a  work  on  Geometry  for  the  use  of 
schools ;  and,  a  short  time  before  the  close  of  his  connection  with  the 
school,  he  published  an  excellent  collection  of  prayers  for  schools, 
•consisting  of  such  as  he  had  himself  used,  while  at  Bridgewater. 
This  book  is  highly  prized  by  his  pupils,  both  on  account  of  its  in- 
trinsic merit,  and  because  its  perusal  serves  to  recall  most  vividly  the 
memory  of  their  teacher,  in  one  of  the  most  interesting  exercises  of 
their  school-days. 

In  the  way  of  history,  little  more  can  be,  at  present,  said.  Long 
continued  hard  work  gradually  enfeebled  and  finally  overpowered,  a 
slender  physical  frame.  In  July,  1853,  he  left  the  school,  as  it  was 


54  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

then  hoped,  to  return  to  it  in  the  course  of  a  year.  But  his  body  had 
become  the  prey  of  that  fatal  disease,  consumption ;  and,  notwith- 
standing the  efforts  of  skillful  physicians,  and  a  winter's  residence  in 
Florida,  he  continued  to  sink  in  strength,  and,  on  the  10th  day  of 
April,  1856,  he  died,  in  the  fifty-second  year  of  his  age.  For  some 
time  before  his  death,  he  had  suffered  much  from  severe  fits  of  cough- 
ing, and  had  some  apprehension  that  he  should  pass  away  in  one  of 
these  convulsions.  But,  it  was  not  so  ordered.  He  encountered  the 
"king  of  terrors"  calmly  and  serenely,  passing  gently  from  a  quiet 
sleep  to  the  repose  of  death.  He  died  the  death  of  the  Christian, 
rejoicing  in  the  hope  of  immortality,  and,  with  his  last  breath,  com- 
mitting his  spirit  to  the  Father  who  gave  it.  His  remains  lie  upon 
the  southern  slope  of  the  southern  hill  in  the  beautiful  cemetery  at 
Bridgewater,  at  a  point  that  overlooks  the  pleasant  village  which  was 
so  long  the  scene  of  his  labors, — where  the  sun  smiles  upon  his  rest, 
as  his  Heavenly  Father  smiled,  in  the  hour  of  death,  upon  his  return- 
ing spirit. 

We  are  told,  in  Scripture,  that  the  limit  of  our  life  is  three  score 
years  and  ten,  and  that  the  strength  which  carries  us  beyond  is  labor 
and  sorrow.  From  this  declaration,  it  may  be  inferred  that,  as  a 
general  rule,  the  ages  of  men  who  duly  observe  the  laws  of  their 
being,  will  approach,  more  or  less  nearly,  the  limit  here  established. 
Men,  who  receive  their  bodies  and  souls  as  gifts  from  God,  which 
they  are  to  watch  and  keep  with  jealous  care  ;  who  do  not  poison  the 
life-currents  of  the  one  with  the  artificial  stimulants  to  a  depraved  ap- 
petite, nor  shake  the  foundations  of  the  other  by  the  upheavings  of 
ungoverned  passion  ;  'such  men  may  be  expected  to  approach  in  their 
journey,  the  utmost  confines  of  human  life,  and  to  pass  away  amid 
the  consolations  of  a  green  old  age. 

But,  there  are,  sometimes,  crises  in  human  affairs ;  times  when  the 
development  of  some  great  principle,  or  the  illustration  of  some  truth 
not  known  to  the  multitude  of  men,  demands  that  the  work  of  many 
years  shall  be  crowded  into  one ;  or,  that  the  power  of  truth  shall  be 
illustrated  in  one  glorious  moment  of  martyrdom ;  when,  at  the  call 
of  duty,  life  must  either  be  shortened  by  an  intense  devotion  to  a  great 
work,  or  its  thread  be  suddenly  snapped  as  a  testimony  to  the  faith- 
fulness of  the  laborer,  and  the  greatness  of  the  work  in  which  he  was 
engaged.  The  higher  life,  the  progress  of  the  race,  may  require 
the  sacrifice  of  the  lower  life  of  the  individual.  Thus,  we  believe, 
passed  away  the  beloved  teacher,  whose  memory  we  this  day,  with  a 
sad  pleasure,  recall.  He  entered  the  public  educational  field  when 
the  skies  were  dark,  when  the  star  of  hope  had  scarcely  risen,  and 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  55 

was  obscured  by  the  cloud  of  an  adverse  public  sentiment ;  when  the 
Normal  Schools  were,  even  by  their  friends,  considered  only  as  an 
experiment,  and  one  that,  in  the  opinion  of  many  experienced  and 
able  statesmen,  would  prove  an  entire  failure.  It  was  to  a  cause  thus 
unpromising  that  he  gave  the  whole  energy  of  his  soul.  With  an 
untiring  industry,  he  devoted  to  his  school  his  days  and  his  nights. 
He  engaged  in  hard  and  continuous  study,  not  from  motives  of  ambi- 
tion, but  from  a  deep  sense  of  responsibility  in  respect  to  his  school, 
and  to  its  influence  in  advancing  the  cause  of  education.  Nor  did 
the  necessity  for  such  study  arise  from  a  defective  education,  but 
from  a  determination  to  adapt  his  instructions  to  the  mental  and 
moral  wants  of  his  pupils,  and  of  those  whom  they,  in  their  turn, 
were  to  educate.  He  was  earnestly  desirous  that,  so  far  as  he  could 
exert  any  influence  upon  the  character  of  the  public  schools,  that  in- 
fluence should  be  good,  should  tend  to  their  elevation  and  improve- 
ment, and  to  the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  popular  education ; 
and  this,  not  for  his  own  sake,  that  he  might  acquire  a  reputation, 
and  occupy  an  honorable  position  in  the  sight  of  men,  but  for  the 
sake  of  the  thousands  whose  hearts  and  minds  are  formed,  in  a  great 
measure,  in  [those  conservators  of  New  England  virtue  and  intelli- 
gence,— the  public  schools. 

Such  were  his  aims,  and  the  amount  of  labor  which  he  thought 
necessary  to  their  accomplishment,  could  be  sustained  only  by  a  robust 
physical  frame,  and  could  be  performed  only  by  a  well-balanced  and 
active  mind,  guided  by  the  highest  principles,  and  acting  under  the 
influence  of  a  determined  will.  For  such  a  work  we  believe  his  men- 
tal and  moral  endowments  to  have  been  eminently  fit ;'  but,  in  his 
physical  system,  the  necessary  conditions  were  not  supplied ;  the 
sword  was  too  sharp  for  the  scabbard,  the  energies  of  the  spirit  were 
too  mighty  for  the  clay,  and  the  mortal  coil  was  shuffled  off.  Shall 
we  now  say  that  his  life  was  not  sacrificed  in  the  discharge  of  a  high 
and  holy  duty  ;  and,  shall  we  doubt  that  Heaven  approved  the  offer- 
ing? Every  heart  instinctively  answers,  no.  The  exigency  de- 
manded the  sacrifice.  His  example  was  needed  to  show  us,  his 
pupils,  what  manner  of  spirit  we  must  be  of;  with  what  forgetfulness 
of  self  we  must  devote  ourselves  to  the  noble  work  whereon  we  have 
entered ;  how,  with  an  eye  single  to  the  truth  and  the  right,  in  spite 
of  difficulties  and  discouragements,  we  must  still  labor  on,  in  patience 
and  in  faith,  believing  that  the  harvest  will  surely  come,  whether  we 
are  among  the  reapers  or  not. 

And,  was  the  work  of  Mr.  Tillinghast  worth  such  a  sacrifice? 
Did  he,  in  his  short  life,  achieve  results  at  all  commensurate  with  the 


56  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

time,  the  labor,  and  .the  life  that  were  devoted  to  them?  Let  the 
appeal  be  made  to  every  individual  who  ever  enjoyed  the  benefit  of 
his  instructions.  My  brother,  or  my  sister,  whence  came  your  higher 
views  of  life  and  its  duties  ?  Who  opened  to  your  mind  a  new  world 
of  intellectual  life  and  moral  perceptions,  of  which  you  had  before 
never  had  a  glimpse?  Who  stirred  your  soul  to  higher  aspirations 
than  you  had  ever  felt,  and  roused  it  to  nobler  purposes  than  you  had 
as  yet  formed?  Who  waked  up  within  you  a  moral  energy  that, 
when  you  do  not  permit  other  influences  to  smother  it,  makes  you 
ashamed  of  low  views  of  duty,  of  feeble  and  ill-directed  effort,  and 
enkindles  within  you  a  glowing  earnestness  in  your  work?  On  this 
point,  I  am  sure  that  language  fails  to  express  what  is  deeply  and 
clearly  felt  in  the  heart  of  every  pupil  of  his,  who  is  with  us  to-day. 
We  all  feel  that  the  great  work  which  he  did  for  us,  that  which  we 
most  highly  value,  is  precisely  that  which  can  not  be  represented  in 
speech.  The  higher  teaching  was  not  conveyed  to  us  in  words,  and 
words  can  not  impart  it  to  others.  If  imparted  at  all,  it  must  be  by 
the  sympathy  of  spirit  with  spirit.  If  therefore,  we  would  do  for  our 
pupils  what  he  did  for  us,  we  must  teach  as  he  taught,  by  possessing 
ourselves  the  qualities  with  which  we  would  have  their  characters 
adorned,  and  by  entering  upon  our  work  with  a  zeal  and  an  earnest- 
ness that  will  bring  the  minds  of  our  pupils  into  sympathy  with  our 
own  ;  remembering  that  only  from  the  fullness  of  our  own  hearts,  and 
the  perfection  of  our  own  characters,  can  we  have  the  instruction  to 
impart;  and,  only  by  a  glowing  and  energizing  enthusiasm  can  we 
•make  it  efficient  upon  the  character  of  others. 

Such,  friends  and  fellow-pupils,  so  far  as  my  imperfect  ability  could 
sketch  him,  in  so  brief  a  time,  was  the  man  at  whose  feet  it  has  been 
our  high  privilege  as  well  as  our  delight,  to  sit  in  the  attitude  of  rev- 
erent and  attentive  listeners.  I  have  endeavored  to  be  strictly  just, 
to  state  not  only  the  precise  truth,  but  also  to  present  that  particular 
combination  of  truths  that  would  give  the  justest  and  truest  idea  of 
the  man.  I  have  sought  to  weigh  my  words,  to  abstain  from  unwar- 
ranted statements,  and  excess  of  panegyric,  and  I  am  confident  that 
my  expressions  fall  below  what  you  feel  in  your  hearts.  We  all  feel 
that  we  are  cherishing  the  memory  of  no  ordinary  man,  and  that  the 
language  of  an  ordinary  occasion  is  not  adapted  to  our  use  to-day. 
It  is  not  only  our  teacher  that  has  fallen,  but  a  standard-bearer  in  the 
great  educational  army.  When  we  consider  his  exalted  character, 
and  the  parental  relation  in  which  he  stood  to  us  all,  with  what  sin- 
cerity, and  what  loneliness  of  heart,  are  we  ready  to  exclaim  :  — 

"  He  was  a  man,  take  him  for  all  in  all. 
I  shall  not  look  upon  Jiis  like  again." 


MR.  TILLINGHAST'S  ADMINISTRATION.  57 

On  such  an  occasion  as  this,  it  seems  eminently  fit  that  the  feelings 
which  we  have  been  for  years  cherishing,  without  an  opportunity  for 
public  utterance  should  be  freely  expressed.  Let  us  then  lay  upon 
his  grave  the  tribute  of  our  respect  and  affection ;  and,  as  we  return 
to  the  scenes  of  our  accustomed  labor,  let  us  learn  the  lesson  of  this 
experience,  let  us  open  our  minds  to  receive  and  to  cherish  the  influ- 
ence that  goes  forth  from  the  life  and  character  of  our  departed  friend 
and  teacher,  and  let  us  see  that  our  own  lives  and  the  teachings  we 
impart,  shall  not  be  altogether  unworthy  of  that  which  we  have 
received. 


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58  BRIDGEWATER   STATE   NORMAL   SCHOOL. 


ASSISTANT  TEACHERS. 


THOMAS  RAINSFORD  was  appointed  March,  1841,  resigned  May,    1841. 

CHARLES  GODDARD      "  "  Sept.,   1841,        "        May,   1842. 

JAMES  RITCHIE,  "  "          August,  1843,        "        Nov.,  1844. 

JOSHUA  PEARL,  "  Dec.,  1844,        «        Feb.,  1845. 

CHRISTOPHER  A.  GREEN,        "          March,  1845,        "      March,  1847. 

DANA  P.  COLBURN          "  March,  1847,         "        June,  1847. 

JOSHUA  KENDALL          "  "          March,  1847,        "      March,  1848. 

Graduated  from  this  school  in  1846.  Taught  three  winters  in  country  schools;  five  years 
in  Normal  Schools, —  as  Assistant  in  this  school,  and  Principal  of  the  Rhode  Island  State 
Normal  School;  —  and  twenty  years  in  private  schools.  He  is  now  Principal  of  a  Private 
School  for  Boys,  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

NANCY  M.  BLACKINTON,  was  appointed  March,  1847,  resigned  Dec.,  1847. 

Assistant  teacher  in  Westford  Academy  two  years  after  leaving  this  Normal  School ;  As- 
sistant in  this  school  three  terms ;  Assistant  Principal  of  the  Dudley  Grammar  School, 
Roxbury,  one  year ;  married  Freeman  A.  Smith,  a  member  of  the  fourteenth  class  in  this 
school;  died  at  Maiden,  in  1861. 

DANA  P.  COLBURN  was  appointed  March,  1848,  resigned  July,  1850. 

Mr.  Colburn  was  born  in  West  Dedham,  September  29,  1823;  graduated  from  this  school 
in  1844;  taught  in  common  schools  three  years,  and  in  Normal  Schools  and  State  Teach- 
er's Institutes  twelve  years.  He  was  Assistant  in  this  school  three  years  ;  during  the  next 
four  years  he  was  an  Assistant  of  Prof.  Wm.  Russell  in  his  Normal  School  at  Merrimac, 
N.  H.,  and  in  his  New  England  Normal  Institute  at  Lancaster,  Mass. ;  and  was  a  teacher 
in  the  Providence  Normal  School.  May  29,  1854,  he  was  appointed  Principal  of  the  State 
Normal  School  of  Rhode  Island,  and  continued  to  have  charge  of  this  school  till  his  death, 
on  the  1 5th  of  December,  1859.  He  was  the  author  of  a  series  of  arithmetics — "The 
Child's  Book  of  Arithmetic,"  "Intellectual  Arithmetic,"  "The  Common  School  Arithme- 
tic," "  Arithmetic  and  Its  Applications." 

RICHARD  EDWARDS  was  appointed  April,  1848,  resigned  Jan.,  1853. 
Mr.  Edwards  was  born  near  Aberystwith,  Cardigan  shire,  Wales,  December  23,  1822.  He 
came  with  his  parents  to  Palmyra,  Ohio,  in  1833;  taught  his  first  school  at  Ravenna,  Ohio, 
in  the  winter  of  1843-4;  taught  at  Hingham,  Mass.,  in  the  winter  of  1844-5;  graduated 
from  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School  in  July,  1846;  taught  in  Hingham  and  Waltham ; 
graduated  from  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  in  1848;  was  assistant  in 
this  Normal  School  five  years;  Master  of  the  Bowditch  English  High  School  for  Boys,  in 
Salem,  from  January  to  November,  1853 ;  Agent  of  the  Mass.  Board  of  Education  one 
year;  Principal  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Salem  from  September,  1854,  to  October, 
1857;  Principal  of  the  City  Normal.  School  of  St.  Louis,  from  October,  1857,10  June,  1862  ; 
President  of  the  State  Normal  University,  at  Normal,  Illinois,  from  June,  1862,  to  July, 
1875.  Taught  twenty-six  years  in  Normal  Schools,  and  two  years  in  other  schools.  Auth. 
or  of  a  series  of  School  Readers.  He  is  now  Rev.  Richard  Edwards,  LL.  D.,  Pastor  of  a 
Congregational  Church  in  Princeton,  Illinois. 

ALBERT  G.  BOYDEN  was  appointed  August,  1850,  resigned  October,  1853. 
EDWIN  C.  HEWETT  was  appointed  January,  -1853,  resigned  December,  1856. 


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ALUMNI    RECORD. 


CLASS  1.     SEPTEMBER  9,  1840. 

GUSTAVUS  D.  BATES,  Plymouth.    T.  fifteen  years.  Principal  of  Grammar  School,  Plymouth. 
CYRUS  BENSON,  JR.,*  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  twelve  years.     Died  August  8,  1854. 
MERTOUN  C.  BRYANT,*  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Supt.  Gas  Works,  Lowell. 

Died  November  19,  1862. 

ALBERT  CONANT,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.     Artist,  151  W.  Brookline  St.,  Boston. 
ALDEN  HARLOW,  Marshfield.     Taught  three  years.     Carpenter.     Needham. 
JOHN  MOOREHEAD,  JR.,*  Marshfield.     Taught  seven  years.     Died  January,  1848. 
SAMUEL  E.  RAYMOND,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Clerk  of  Gas  Co.,  Lowell. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  forty-four  years.     Average,  six  years. 

ELIZABETH  BATES,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Rev.  T.  P.  Doggett,  Quincy. 
NANCY  C.  BESSEY,  Duxbury.  2.  T.  one  year.     Mrs.  J.  B.  Page,  102  Park  Place,  New  York. 
LUCY  M.  CONANT,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Leonard,  Bridgewater. 
CATHERINE  CROOKER,*  Bridgewater.     Taught  twenty-five  years.     Died  Nov.  27,  1873. 
APHIA  FULLER,*  Scituate.  2.  Mrs.  Warren  Sawyer,  Boston.     Died  in  1868. 
OLIVE  C.  GAY,*  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Died  October  9,  1842. 
DESIRE  S.  HARLOW,*   Plymouth.      Taught  two  months.      Died  June,   1848,  at  Boston, 

Institution  for  the  Blind. 

SARAH  D.  HOLMES,  Kingston.    T.  twenty-six  years.    Mrs.  Dr.  H.  J.  Paine,  Petaluma,  Cal. 
JULIA  H.  H.  HOOPER,  Bridgewater.     Taught  eight   years.     Address,  N.  Middleborough  . 
HELEN  JAMES,  Scituate.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  Judge  Wm.  E.  Parmenter,  Arlington. 
JULIA  P.  KENDALL*  Plymouth.     Did  not  teach.     Died  May  31,  1874. 
FANNY  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Thos.  Kent,  Clifton,  Pa. 
ABIGAIL  MORTON,  Plymouth.     Taught  ten  years.     Author.     Mrs.  M.  A.  Diaz,  117  Myrtle 

Street,  Boston. 
SOPHIA  L.  RAYMOND,  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  terms.     Mrs.  Q.  Bullard,   198  West 

Brookline  Street,  Boston. 

CAROLINE  E.  ROBINSON,*  Bridgewater.     Died  December  3,  1843. 
MARIANNA    STEPHENS,    Plymouth.     Taught   twenty-seven   years.     Four   in    Plymouth, 

twenty-three  in  Primary  school,  Boston.     Mrs.  Chas.  B.  Rice,  117  Myrtle  St.,  Boston. 
CELINDA  TAYLOR,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  twenty-seven  years.     Three  in  Bridgewater, 

twenty-four  in  Grammar  school,  Boston.     Mrs.  Chas.  Seaver,  W.  Bridgewater. 
CAROLINE  TILDEN,*  Scituate.     Taught  six  years.     One   year  in  High  School,  five  years 

in  State  Normal  School  at  Lexington.     Died  May  24,  1848. 
JANE  A.  WASHBURN,*    Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  three  terms.     Mrs.   Dr.  S.  Worcester. 

Died  December,  1854. 

HARRIET  A.  WHITE,  Plymouth.     Taught  two  terms.     Mrs.  Buell,  Waukegan,  111. 
Total  of  teaching  for  nineteen,  151  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

CLASS  2.     DECEMBER  9,  1840. 

NATHANIEL  T.  CUSHMAN,  Bridgewater.    Taught  five  years.    Farmer.    Scotland,  Mass. 
ALSON  A.  GILMORE,  Easton.     Taught  three  years.     Shoe  Manufacturer.    N.  Easton. 
JOSEPH  HAGAR,  Waltham.     Taught  two  years.     Physician.     E.  Marshfield. 
CYRUS  LEONARD,  West  Bridgewater.    Taught  nine  years.    Farmer.    West  Bridgewater. 
HENRY  F.  LATHROP,  Easton.     Did  not  teach.     Farmer.    Pittsford,  Vt. 


60  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

HERBERT  SCARBOROUGH,  Brooklyn,  Conn.  2.  Has  been  an  Invalid  since  1841. 
JOHN  C.  SWEEZY,  River  Head,  L.  I.  i.  Taught  two  years.     River  Head,  L.  I. 
Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  twenty-one  years.     Average,  three  years. 
SUSAN  M.  BLOOD,*  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  term.    Mrs.  Robert  Perkins.     Died  April 

18,  1863. 
ANNE  R.  JAMES,  Scituate.     Taught  thirty-four  years, — thirty-two  years  in  Boston.     Now 

teaching  Primary  School,  Poplar  St.,  Boston. 
AMY  A.  PACKARD,*   Dartmouth.     Taught  four  terms.      Mrs.  Reuben  Howland.      Died 

Dec.  9,  1852. 
RUBY  H.  POTTER,*  Dartmouth.     Taught  five  and  one-half  years,— three  and  one-half  in 

Model  School,  Bridgewater.     Mrs.  Nicholas  Tillinghast.     Died  April  10,  1860 
ELIZABETH  SAMPSON,*  Plymouth.     Taught  one  term.     Mrs.  John  Kneeland,  Boston. 

Died  Dec.  19,  1856. 

MRS.  HANNAH  SPAULDING,  Middleboro.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
CATHARINE  H.  WINSLOW,*  Dartmouth,  i.  Died  August  18,  1843. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  forty-one  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

CLASS  3.     MARCH  10,   1841. 

GEORGE  W.  BE  A  L,  Scituate.    Taught  twenty-six  years,— ten  in  Grammar  and  High  Schools, 
sixteen  in  Normal  Schools.     Principal  Normal  School,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

THOMPSON  B.  COLWELL,*  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  Taught  sixteen  years.     Died  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  April  4,  1873. 

SETH  DEAN,  Middleborough.     Taught  five  years.     Farmer.    Middleborough. 

JOSHUA  M.  EDDY,  Middleborough.  T.  one  and  one-half  years.    Farmer.  E.  Middleborough. 

EDWARD  H.  HARLOW,  Duxbury.     Not  heard  from. 

JONATHAN  E.  HARLOW,  Middleborough.  2.  Taught  one  and  one-half  years.     Physician. 
Hingham. 

JOHN  KNEELAND,  Plymouth.     Taught  thirty  years.     Master  of  Grammar  Schools  in  Dor- 
chester and  Roxbury.     Now  Agent  Mass.  Board  of  Education.     Boston  Highlands. 

PEREZ  TURNER,  Scituate.     Not  heard  from. 

JOSEPH  UNDERWOOD,  JR.,  Charlestown.     Taught  three  years.     Physician.     Quincy. 
Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  fifty-three  years.     Average,  seven  and  one-half  years. 

CAROLINE  A.  ASHLEY,*  Dartmouth.     Taught  eight  years.     Died  in  1852. 

DIED  AMI  A  CHACE,*  Fall  River.     Taught  six  years.     Died  September  30,  1847. 

ISABELLA  N.  HARTWELL,  W.  Bridgewater.  T.  one  term.   Mrs.  David  Battles,  Brockton. 

BETHIA  A.  HOLMES,  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  terms.     Address,  Bridgewater. 

HANNAH  F.  HOWLAND,  Dartmouth.     Not  heard  from.     Mrs.  —  Leach,  Long  Plain. 

HANNAH  H.  LEACH,  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  T.  fifteen  years.   Mrs.  Charles  Hartwell,  Brockton. 

ELIZABETH  W.  LINCOLN,  Wareham.  2.     Not  heard  from. 

CATHARINE  SCARBOROUGH,  Brooklyn,  Conn.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Albert  Co- 
nant,  Boston. 

MARTHA  A.  WITHERELL,  Taunton.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  thirty-four  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  4.    JUNE  9,  1841. 

LUCIUS  GURNEY,  North  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Shoe  Business,  Brockton. 
JAMES  M.  UNDERWOOD,*  Charlestown.     Physician.     Died  E.  Abington,    Jan.  31,  1870. 

Total  of  teaching  for  one,  two  years. 

MARY  E.  BATTELLE,*  Needham.     Died  in  Needham,  December  14,  1844. 
ALICE  S.  BRADFORD,  Plymouth.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
HANNAH  E.  BROOKS,  Boston.     Did   not   teach.     Mrs.    Benj.  B.  Converse,    Dorchester, 

Boston. 
HARRIET  DEAN,  Raynham,     Taught  eight  years,     Mrs.  John  W.  Sterling,  Madison,  Wis, 


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LAVINIA  W.  HARLOW,  Middleborough.     T.  thirteen  years.     Address,  Middleborough. 
SARAH  A.  HOOPER,  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Wales  S.  Andrews,  Bridgewater. 
MARIA  R.  MANN,  Wrentham.  2.  Taught  thirty  years.     1505  Race  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
LYDIA  WASHBURN  *  E.  Bridgewater.     No  information. 
MARY  K.  WILLIAMS,  Taunton.     Taught  fourteen  years.     Address,  Raynham. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  sixty  seven  years.     Average,  eight  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  5.     SEPTEMBER  8,  1841. 

OLIVER  FRENCH,*  Salisbury.  2.  No  information. 

SILAS  S.  JOHNSON,*  Canton,  i.  Died  May  u,  1843. 

THOMAS  S.  LATHROP,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.  Clergyman.     N.  Salem,  N.  Y. 

Total  of  teaching  for  one,  two  years. 
ELIZA  A.  ALLEN,  Fall  River.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Albert  Bolles,  12  Hathaway  St., 

Fall  River. 

MELINDA  A.  CAREY,  N.  Bridgewater.  2.  T.  four  months.  Mrs.  Benj.  C.  Frobisher,  Brockton. 
JANE  G.  DEANE,  Mansfield.  2.  Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  Henry  H.  Crane,  Raynham. 
CHARLOTTE  M.  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught   five   terms.     Mrs.   Isaac   H.   Snell, 

Bridgewater. 

SOPHIA  LORING,*  Pembroke,  i.  T.  three  terms.     Mrs.  John  Shepherd.  Died  Feb.  18,  1846. 

BETSEY  TAYLOR,  Pembroke,  i.  Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  Issacher  F.  Everson,  Rockland. 

MATILDA  TURNER,*  Scituate.  Taught  six  years.  Mrs.  Stephen  Curtis.   Died  Oct.  7,  1847. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  twenty-seven  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  6.     DECEMBER  8,  1841. 

HENRY  W.  ALLEN,  Pembroke,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CYRUS  LATHROP,  Easton.    Taught  two  years.     Dealer  in  Iron  and  Steel,  16  Hamilton  St. 

Boston. 
NATHAN  F.  C.  PRATT,  Middleboro'.     Taught  two  years.     Farmer.    N.  Middleboro'. 

Total  of  teaching  for  two,  four  years.     Average,  two  years. 
HANNAH  P.  BROWNELL,  Westport.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
ANNA  DELANO,  Duxbury.     Taught  eleven  years.     Mrs.  Thos.  J.  Elliott,  8  Brighton  St., 

Charlestown. 
HARRIET    FULLER,*   W.   Medway.    2.   Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  A.  B.  White,  Chicopee 

Falls.     Died  May,  1874. 

VESTA  HOLBROOK,*  N.  Bridgewater.     Taught  twenty  years  in  country  schools. 
LUCY  T.  LEONARD,  Randolph.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
RUTH  P.  LINCOLN,*  Warren,  i.  Taught  three  terms.     Mrs.  Wm.  G.  Tarbell,  Brimfield. 

Died,  1855. 

MARIAN  A.  MANN,  W.  Medway.  2.  T.  seventeen  years.  Mrs.  Elihu  White,  W.  Medway. 
BETSEY  J.  SAMPSON,  Pembroke.  T.  six  years.  Mrs.  Richard  Edwards,  Princeton,  111. 
ANN  B.  SHOCKLEY,  Middleboro'.  2.  Taught  five  years.  Mrs.  Rev.  J.  H.  Bonham,  22 

Bible  House,  New  York. 
MARY  F.  SHOCKLEY,  Middleboro'.     Taught  twenty-four  years.     Clerk  in  U.  S.  Treasury. 

1104  L  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  eighty-five  years.     Average,  eight  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  7.     MARCH  9,  1842. 

JOEL  S.  DRAKE,  Easton.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Merchant.    Easton. 

NAHUM  S.  C.  PERKINS,  Braintree.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

LEWIS  L.  WHITNEY,  Boston.     Taught  six  years.     Address,  Woburn. 

Total  of  teaching  for  two,  seven  years.     Average,  three  and  one  half  years. 
MARY  L.  BATES,*  Bridgewater,     Mrs.  Chas.  Belcher.     Died  about  1850. 


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OLIVE  vS.  CARVER,*  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.    Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Ladd.    Died,  Jan.,  1850. 
HANNAH  R.  CROCKER*  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  Term.     Died  July  25,  1844. 
LOIS  DEAN,  Middleboro'.  i.  Taught  twenty-one  years  in  Grammar  Schools.     Middleboro'. 
MARY  EMERSON,  West  Dedham.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Address,  West  Dedham. 
HANNAH  G.  HOLMES,  Plymouth,  i.  Taught  twenty-eight  years  in  Plymouth.     Address, 

Plymouth. 

SOPHIA  SHEPHERD,  Roxbury.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
ORRA  P.  WINSLOW,  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Minot  C.  Shaw,  Elmwood. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  fifty-three  years.     Average,  nine  years. 

CLASS  8.     JULY  20,  1842. 

ISAAC  F.  ALDEN,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Bridgewater. 

EDWARD  W.  COBB,  Abington.  i.  T.  two  and  one-half  years.     Merchant.     Savannah,  Ga. 

THOMAS  A.  BURDEN,  Wrentham.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CHAUNCY  CONANT,  N.  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  two  years.     Horticulture.     Barnstable. 

ALBERT  ELLIS,  Walpole.   i.  T.  one  year.     Book  Trader.     1317  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia. 

BENJAMIN  B.  FULLER,*  Dover.  2.  Died  January  5,  1844. 

BENJAMIN  W.  HARRIS,  E.  Bridgewater.  i.  Member  of  Congress.     E.  Bridgewater. 

EDWARD  HOBART,  E.  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  heard  from, 

CALVIN  D.  KINGMAN,  Middleboro'.  2.  T.  six  years.     Shoe  Manufacturer.    Middleboro'. 

HENRY  L.  PIERCE.  Stoughton.     Member  of  Congress.     Boston. 

CALEB  C.  THOMAS,  Marshfield.     Taught  five  years.     Farmer.     Walpole. 

NATHANIEL  WALES,  N.  Bridgewater.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Treasurer,  Stoughton  Boot 

and  Shoe  Co. 

CYRENIUS  WHITE,*  Middleboro'.   i.  No  information. 
ASA  T.  WHITMAN,  E.  Bridgewater.  i.  No  information. 
DAVID  G.  WILLIAMS,*  Easton.     Did  not  teach.     Died  December  10,  1845. 

Total  of  teaching  for  ten,  eighteen  and  one-half  years.      Average,  two  years. 

SARAH  P.  BASSETT,*  Middleboro'.  Taught  five  years.  Mrs.  Calvin  D.  Kingman.  Died 
Jan.  21,  1874. 

SUSAN  B.  BRIGHAM,  Boston.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Henry  Keith,  Marlboro'. 

FRANCES  T.  HOLLAND,  Boston.     T.  eight  years.     Mrs.  Franklin  Blanchard,  Palmer. 

MARY  W.  ELLIS,  Middleboro.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  H.  RUST,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  seven  years.     Address,  E.  Bridgewater. 

HELEN  L.  SHAW,  Middleboro.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

SUSAN  G.  WALDRON,*  Bridgewater.  T.  two  years.  Mrs.  Hiram  Wentworth,  Bridge- 
water.  Died  Jan.,  1875. 

JANE  E.  WHITE,*,Fairhaven.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Oscar  Daggett,  lost  at  sea,  Aug.  1856* 

MARGARET  P.  WHITE,*  Fairhaven.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Died  May  25,  1857. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  twenty-six  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  9.     NOVEMBER  30,   1842. 

HENRY  DAILEY,*  Easton.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Died  November,  1862. 

BETHUEL  F.  DRAKE,  Easton.     Did  not  teach.     Salem,  Oregon. 

FRANCIS  B.  GARDNER,  Swansey.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

CALVIN  GAY.  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Sewing  Machine  Agent.    Chicago,  111. 

JOSEPH  W.  KINGMAN,*  West  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  three  years.     Died  April  28,  1851. 

JAMES  E.  LEACH,*  Bridgewater.     T.   one  year  in   Providence  High  School.     Died,  1848. 

FRANCIS  L.  B.  MAYHEW,  Rochester.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

EDWARD  I.  SANFORD,  Raynham.   I.  Taught  two  years.     Physician.     Attleborough. 

ALPHEUS  D.  THAYER,*  Bellingham.  2.  Taught  seven  years.     Died  December,  1850. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  fourteen  years.     Average,  two  years. 


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FRANCES  M.  CHAMBERLIN,  Scituate.  i.  T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Manson,  Scituate. 
RACHEL  S.  CLAPP,  Scituate.  I.  Mrs.  James  Brewster,  Hanson.     Not  heard  from. 
JULIA  COLLOMORE,*  Pembroke,  i.  Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  J.  W.  T.  Stodder.     Died 

June  20,  1 86 1. 

JULIA  M.  HIXON,  Medway.  2.  T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Nathan  S.  Chapin,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
MARY  S.  HOWARD,  Bridgewater.  2.  Mrs.  H.  C.  Hall,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach. 
ELIZA  A.  HUBBARD,  Pawtucket.  i.  T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Appleton  Park,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 
MARY  .LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  twenty-five  years.     Clifton,  Del.  Co.,  Penn. 
HARRIET  N.  SHOREY  Seekonk.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  thirty-six  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  10.     MARCH  30,  1843. 

ADONIRAM  ALDEN,*  E.  Stoughton.     Taught  fifteen  years  in  Boston.  Died  Aug.  22,  1859. 

ELBRIDGE  G.  AMES,  N.  Bridgewater.     Taught  thirty  years.     Brockton. 

ELBRIDGE  CLAPP  Sharon.     Taught  four  years.     Merchant.     Quincy. 

EBENEZER  C.  CLARK,  Rochester.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

DANA  P.  COLBURN,*  West  Dedham.     Taught  fifteen  years,— twelve  in  Normal  Schools. 

Died  Dec.,  1859. 

T.  OSGOOD  CORNISH,  Plymouth,  i.  Taught  two  years.     Physician.    So.  Boston. 
CHARLES  L.  HOOPER,*  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Died  March  14,  1854. 
CHARLES  C.  KENT,*  Marshfield.  2.  Taught  seven  years.     Died  1866. 
DEAN  J.  LOCKE,  Langdon,  N.  H.     Taught  four  years.     Druggist.     Lockford,  Cal. 
OTIS  M.  OLIVER,*  Fairhaven.  2.  Physician.     Died  in  New  Orleans. 
SOLON  PALMER,  Alstead,  N.  H.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

HIRAM  A.  PRATT,  Easton.     Taught  six  years.     Insurance  Agent.     N.  Raynham. 
CHARLES  E.  SAMPSON,*  Dedham.  2.  No  information. 
ALLEN  TALBOT,  Dighton.  2.  Taught  twenty  years.     Carpenter.    N.  Dighton. 
GEORGE  A.  WALTON,  S.  Reading.     Taught  twenty-four  years,— four  in  country  schools, 

one  in  Model  School  at  W.  Newton,  one  in  High  School,  sixteen  in  Grammar  Schools. 

Author  of  a  Series  of  Arithmetics.   Teacher  in  State  Institutes  ten  years.    Now  Agent  of 

Mass.  Board  of  Education.     Westfield. 

Total  of  teaching  for  thirteen,  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight  years.     Average,  ten  years. 
MARIA  BOWERS*  Hingham.     Taught  one  year.     Died  August  19,  1850. 
MERIEL  FEARING,  Hingham.     Never  taught.     Mrs.  Joseph  H.  French,  Hingham. 
ELVIRA  P.  STILES,*  Boston.     No  information. 

Total  of  teaching  for  two,  one  year.     Average,  one-half  year. 

CLASS  11.     AUGUST  2,  1843. 

WILLIAM  P.  AIKEN,  Fairhaven.  i.  Taught  three  years.     Clergyman.     Vergennes,  Vt. 

WILLIAM  D.  ALLEN,  Worcester,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

FREDERIC  A.  BOOMER*  Fall  River,  i.  Taught  seven  years.  Lawyer.  Died  July  22,  1871. 

BENJAMIN  BURT,  JR.,  Freetown.     Taught  five  years.     Trader.     Amador  City,  Cal. 

JONATHAN  CASS,  Mendon.  i.  Taught  six  years.  Physician  and  Surgeon  to  the  N.  Y.  Dis- 
pensary. 44  W.  26th  St.,  New  York  City;  country  residence,  Great  Barrington,  Mass. 

HORACE  CHAPIN,  Greenfield,   i.  Taught  twenty-three  years.     Physician.     W.  Somerville. 

RICHARD  M.  DEVINS,  Charlestown.     Not  heard  from'. 

GEORGE  H.  DICKERMAN,  Stoughton.  2.  T.  five  years.     Address,  New  Hampton,  N.  H. 

LYSANDER  DICKERMAN,  N.  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  three  years.     Clergyman. 

GEORGE  B.  FULLER,  Plympton.  i.  Taught  four  months.     Grocer.    Plympton. 

CHARLES  W.  HARRIS,  Rehoboth.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

WILLIAM  P.  HAYWARD,  W.  Bridgewater.  Taught  twenty-seven  years.  Prin.  Grammar 
School,  Salem. 

HENRY  HEWINS,  Sharon.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

AHIRA  HOLMES,  Plymouth,   i.  Taught  twenty  years.     Address,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


64  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

CALEB  H.  HOWARD,*  W.  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  two  terms.     Died  Sept.  11,  1850. 

LEWIS  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  one  term.     Farmer.     No.  Middleboro. 

NAHUM  LEONARD,  JR.,  W.  Bridgewater.  I.  Taught  five  years.     Supt.  State  Workhouse, 
Bridgewater. 

GEORGE    T.    LITTLEFIELD,    Randolph.  2.  Taught   thirty-four   years.     Master,  Prescott 
Grammar  School,  Charlestown. 

NATHANIEL  LOVERING,  Boston.     Not  heard  from. 

FREDERIC  PERKINS,  N.  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

WILLIAM  ROGERS,  Bernardstown.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

JAMES  V.  SMILEY,  Haverhill.  i.  Taught  ten  years.     Bookseller  and  Stationer.    HaverhiH. 

BENJAMIN  H.  STROBRIDGE,  Middleboro'.     Taught  six  years.     Farmer.     Myricksville. 

DEPENDENCE  S.  WATERMAN,  Roxbury.  i.  T.  one  year.  Cashier,  Boylston  Bank,  Boston. 

VIRGIL  H.  WILLIAMS,  Easton.  2.  Taught  four  years.  Manufacturer  of  Straw  Goods.   Fox- 
borough. 

JOHN  WOOD,  Mendon.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  nineteen,  one  hundred  and  sixty  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

JOANN  A.  BESSEY*  Marshfield.  i.  T.  five  years.    Mrs.  Moses  Clement.  Died  Sept.,  1861. 

CAROLINE  L.  EDSON,  W.  Bridgewater.  T.  four  years.   Mrs.  Harvey  Kimball,  Bridgewater. 

ABIGAIL  KEITH,  E.  Bridgewater.  i.  T.  one  term.     Mrs.  Francis  Worcester,  Sullivan,  Me. 

ANNA  SCOTT,  Portland,  Me.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Abner  Lowell,  Portland,  Me. 

CASSANDRA  W.  SHAW,  Middleboro'.  i.  Taught  five  years.     Address,  N.  Middleboro'. 

SARAH  SNOW,  Rochester,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ELIZABETH  TAYLOR,  W.  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  one  term.     Mrs.  Frank  E.  Howard,  W. 
Bridgewater. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  fifteen  years.     Average,  two  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  12.     DECEMBER  6,  1843. 

NATHAN  ATHERTON,*  Stoughton.  i.  Taught  two  terms.     Died  Sept.  n,  1848. 
ENOS  T.  DICKERMAN,*  Stoughton.  2.  Taught  three  years.     Died  April  13,  1849. 
JOHN  A.  GOODWIN,  Boston.     Taught  five  years  in  Grammar  and  High  Schools,  Supt.  of 

Schools  in  Lawrence  one  year,  Speaker  of  Mass.  House  of  Representatives  in  1860  and 

1861,  on  School  Committee  of  Lowell  twelve  years.     Address,  Lowell. 
BERIAH  H.  LAWTON,  Exeter,  R.  I.  i.  Taught  two  years.   Legislator  eight  years.    Farmer. 

Wickford,  R.  I. 

EDWARD  T.  MAY,  Pomfret,  Conn.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
PHINEAS  G.  PARMENTER,  Haverhill.    2.   Taught  twenty-two  years.     Grammar  Schools. 

In  business,  Clinton,  Iowa. 

ALEXANDER  H.  WILLIAMS,  Taunton.  i.  Did  not  teach,  Brick  Manufacturer.  Taunton. 
GEORGE  B.  WILLIAMS,  Taunton.  i.  Not  heard  from, 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  thirty-three  years.     Average,  five  years. 

ABBIE  M.  ATWOOD,  Middleboro'.  i.  Taught  six  years.  Mrs  A.  M.  Edwards,  Middleboro'. 
JULIA  F.  BARTLETT,  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  T.  twelve  years.  Mrs.  H.  W.  Leach,  Cochesett. 
CAROLINE  BASSETT,  Bridgewater.  i.  T.  one  year.  Mrs.  Mertoun  Bryant,  Bridgewater. 
LUCY  E.  BOYNTON,  Scituate.  i.  T.  four  years.  Mrs.  L.  E.  B.  Cromack,  Hammonton,  N.  J. 
LUCRETIA  H.  BRYANT*  Bridgewater.  i.  Taught  three  terms.  Mrs.  Samuel  Raymond. 

Died  June  15,  1871. 

LOUISA  C.  CAPEN,  Stoughton.  Taught  eleven  years.  Mrs.  Calvin  Thayer,  S.  Braintree. 
HANNAH  H.  GUSHING,*  Hingham.  Taught  one  term.  Mrs.  Andrew  Ellison.  Died 

March  28,  1848. 

ELIZA  A.  HARDING,  Wrentham.     Taught  twenty  years.     Address,  Allston. 
IRENE  F.  HARDING,  Wrentham.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  George  W.  Bosworth, 

Haverhill. 

MARIA  HARDING,  Wrentham.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Simeon  Taylor,  Allston. 
CATHARINE  H.  HOB  ART,  Hingham.  i.  Taught  twenty-two  years.     Intermediate  School. 

Hingham. 


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CATHARINE  R.  T.  LINCOLN,  Hingham.  i.  Taught  eight  years.     Address,  Hingham. 
SARAH  G.  LINCOLN,*  Hingham.  I.  Taught  five  years.     Died  October  24,  1854. 
SARAH    O.    NICHOLS.    Plymouth,  i.  Taught   nine   years.     Mrs.    Rev.  Frederick    Wiley, 

Stonington,  Illinois. 
M.  CATHARINE  PRATT,  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  Taught  twenty-nine  years.     Address,  West 

Bridgewater. 

ELIZA  P.  WEBB,  Weymouth.     Not  heard  from. 

AVERICK  S.  WHITE,  Weymouth.     Taught  eleven  years.     Address,  Weymouth. 
Total  of  teaching  for  sixteen,  one  hundred  and  fifty  years.     Average,  nine  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  13.     MARCH  27,  1844. 

JOSEPH  CASE,  Swansea,  i.  Taught  four  terms.     Hotel  Proprietor.    Swansea. 

DAVID  H.  DANIELS,  Medway.     Taught  thirty  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School,  Brookline. 

ABIATHAR  DEAN,  Berkley.     Taught  three  terms.     Farmer.    Dighton. 

GEORGE  W.  DEAN,  Fal.  River.     Taught  three  terms.     Engineer,  U.  S.  Coast  Survey.   Fall 

River. 

HENRY  L.  EATON,  So.  Reading.     Taught  one  and  one-half  years.     Grocer.     Swampscott. 
K.  GRANVILLE  FRENCH,  Peterboro',  N.  H.     Taught  eleven  years.     Trader.    Epwarth, 

Dubuque  County,  Iowa. 
WILLIAM  R.  GORDON,  New  Hampton,  N.  H.     Taught  twenty-four  years  in  Grammar 

Schools.     Insurance  Agent,  Beverly. 

CHARLES  N.  HALL,  Mansfield,  i.  Taught  three  years.     Farmer.    Mansfield. 
PHILLIP  C.  KING,*  Raynham.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Died  March  11,  1852. 
SAMUEL  MILLER,  JR.,  Middleboro'.     Not  heard  from. 
JOHN  O.  SIMONS,*  Boston.     No  information. 

DANIEL  M.  SMITH,  Pawtucket.     Taught  four  and  one-half  years.     Produce  Dealer.    Paw- 
tucket,  R.  I. 
DANIEL  G.  WALTON,  So.  Reading.     T.  one  term.     County  Commissioner.    Wakefield. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eleven,  seventy-nine  years.     Average,  seven  years. 
NANCY   M.  BLACKINTON,*  Wrentham.     Taught  five    years.     Mrs.  Freeman  A.  Smith. 

Died  in  Maiden,  1861. 

ELIZABETH  BURT,  Freetown.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  David  Hall.     Newton  Highlands. 
CATHARINE    J.    FULLER,*  Wrentham.     Mrs.  Alonzo  Follett.     Died,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 

December  i,  1862. 
LYDIA    PICKETT,   Freetown.     Taught  nine   years.     Mrs.   I.  G.  Wickersham,   Petaluma, 

Sonoma  County,  California. 

MARY  TAPPAN,  Boston.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Robert  L.  Merriam,  99  Court  St.,  Boston. 
JOANNA  STRANGE,  Freetown.     Not  heard  from. 
CHARITY  WINSLOW,  Freetown.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  twenty  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  14.     JULY  31,  1844. 

JOHN  F.  ALDEN,  Middleboro'.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

SILAS  D.  BRIGGS,  Dighton.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

JOHN  D.  EASTLAND,  Marblehead.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Shoe  Business.     Marblehead. 

EDWIN  FRENCH,  Berkley.     No  information. 

JAMES  H.  GAULT,*  Boston.     No  information.     Deceased. 

DANIEL  G.  OTIS,*  So.  Scituate.     Physician,  Providence,  R.  I.     Deceased. 

ALFRED  W.  PAUL,  Dighton.  i.  Taught  twelve  years.     Cultivator  of  small  fruits.  Dighton, 

JAMES  PIERCE,  Taunton.  i.  Not  heard  from.     Address,  Myricksville. 

FREEMAN  A.  SMITH,  Northampton.     Taught  three  years.     Treasurer,  American  Baptist 

Missionary  Union,  Tremont  Temple,  Boston. 

GEORGE  D.  WILLIAMS,  Freetown.     Taught  fourteen  years.     Farmer.     Freetown. 
Total  of  teaching  for  five,  twenty-nine  years.     Average,  six  years. 
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OLIVE  K.  BASSETT,*  Middleboro'.     Mrs.  Charles  Stevens.     Died  at  Lakeville,  1855. 
HARRIET  BLACKINTON,*  Wrentham.     Mrs.  Wallace  Goodwin.     Died  in  Attleboro'. 
CHARLOTTE  R.  BROWN,  W.  Bridgewater.  2.  T.  twelve  years.   Mrs.  Dana  Snow,  Brockton. 
HARRIET  S.  COLBY,  Middleboro'.     Not  heard  from. 
MARY  F.  DWIGHT,  Hallowell,  Maine,  i.  No  information. 
P.  JANE  HART,  Taunton.     i.  No  information. 

ELMINA  HOWARD,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  E.  W.  Cobb,  Abington. 
MARY  B.  NOURSE,  Hallowell,  Me.     i.  No  information. 

DORDANIA  K.  PRATT,  Middleboro'.     T.  four  years.     Mrs.  Thos.  J.  Pratt,  N.  Middleboro. 
ANNA  H.  TOWER,  Hingham.     Taught  five  years.     Dry  Goods  Dealer.   Weymouth. 
Total  of  teaching  for  four,  thirty  years.     Average,  seven  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  15.     DECEMBER  4,  1844. 

VALENTINE  COPELAND,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  term.     Farmer.     Bridgewater. 
WALTER  H.  NEWELL,  Dorchester.     Taught  twenty  years.     Address, 
NATHANIEL  T.  PERKINS,*  Bridgewater.     No  information.     Deceased. 
HENRY  WILLEY,  Geneseo,  N.  Y.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  two,  twenty  years.     Average,  ten  years. 

EMILY  DAMON,  Hanson.     Not  heard  from. 

MARTHA  M.  FISHER,  Sudbury.  Taught  three  and  one-half  years.  Mrs.  John  A.  Good- 
win, Lowell. 

CAROLINE  R.  GALE,  Scituate.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  Alfred  James,  Weymouth. 

MARY  K.  HAYWARD,*  W.  Bridgewater.  Taught  five  years.  Mrs.  Frank  E.  Howard. 
Died  June  i,  1857. 

HANNAH  HOWES,  Dennis.     Taught  twelve  years.     Mrs.  Joseph  Sylvan,  Dennis. 

ARIADNA  J.  HUNT,  Duxbury.  I.  Mrs.  A.  J.  Baker,  W.  Bridgewater. 

ELIZABETH  KENNEDY,  Fall  River,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

AMY  LEONARD,  Raynham.     Taught  two  years.     Address,  Taunton. 

CELIA  A.  LITTLEFIELD,  Stoughton.     Taught  twenty  years.     Address,  East  Stoughton. 

MARIA  W.  PARKER,  Plympton.  T.  eighteen  years.  Mrs.  Prof.  C.  S.  Richards,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C, 

MARY  SMITH,  Orleans,  i.  Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Peleg  Howes,  E.  Somerville. 

NANCY  SMITH,  Orleans,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  A.  E.  Peck,  Worcester. 

SARAH  STONE,  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ELIZABETH  WADSWORTH,  Duxbury.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  Henry  B.  Maglathlin, 
Plympton  Station. 

CORDANA  WASHBURN,  Taunton.  I.  Taught  one  year.     Address,  E.  Taunton. 
Total  of  teaching  for  eleven,  eighty  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

CLASS  16.     MARCH  26,  1845. 

GEORGE  M.  BAKER,  Marshfield.     Taught  five  years.     Insurance  Agent.    Marshfield. 

F.  W.  BARTLETT,  Kingston,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

WILLIAM  DANIELS,  Medway.     Not  heard  from. 

HENRY  A.  JONES,*  Weston.     No  information.     Deceased. 

JOSHUA  KENDALL,  Waltham.  Taught  twenty-nine  years.  Principal  of  Private  School 
for  Boys,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

WILLIAM  H.  LADD,  Lynn.  Taught  thirty  years.  In  German  Church  School,  Baltimore, 
two  years.  Sub-Master  in  Harvard  Grammar  School,  Charlestown,  two  years.  Principal 
of  Shepard  Grammar  School,  Cambridge,  five  and  one-half  years.  Assistant  in  Chauncy 
Hall  School,  Boston,  four  years.  One  of  the  Principals  of  Chauncy  Hall  School,  Boston, 
for  the  last  sixteen  years. 

PHILANDER  D.  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.  Taught  fifteen  years,  in  Grammar  Schools. 
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AMOS  NOURSE,*  Bolton.     Taught  two  years.     Photographer.     Died  in  Central  America. 
RUFUS  SAWYER,  Bolton.     Taught  twenty-seven  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School,  Medford. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  one  hundred  and  eight  yeass.     Average,  eighteen  years. 
ELM  IRA  M.  JOSSELYN,  Hanover.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  J.  B.  Barstow,  Wollaston. 
JOANNA  A.  HATCH,  Marshfield.     Mrs.  Daniel  D.  Baker,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
LIZZIE  HOOPER,  Dorchester.     Taught  seventeen  years.     Address,  Bridgewater. 
ELLEN  POPE,  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Aaron  Perkins,  Bridgewater. 
JULIA  L.  WARE,  Walpole.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  S.  C.  Battles,  Walpole. 
ELIZA  W.  WESTON,  Marshfield.     Mrs.  Warren  Kent,  Marshfield. 
HELEN  M.  WESTON,  Marshfield.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  twenty-six  years.     Average,  six  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  17,    JULY  30,  1845. 

EDWARD  A.  H.  ALLEN,  Northborough.  T.  twenty-nine  years.  In  Polytechnic  Instiute, 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  five  years.  German  School,  two  years.  Academy,  fifteen  years.  Private 
Schools,  seven  years.  Now  Principal  of  "  Sawin  Academy,"  Sherborn. 

NATHANIEL  T.  ALLEN,  Medfield.  Taught  twenty-nine  years.  In  Ungraded  Schools, 
three  years.  Principal  of  the  Model  School  connected  with  the  State  Normal  School  at 
West  Newton,  six  years.  Principal  in  English  and  Classical  School  at  West  Newton  for 
the  last  twenty  years. 

GEORGE  L.  ANDREWS,  Bridgewater.  Taught  six  years.  Brigadier-General  U.  S.  Army. 
Now  Professor  of  French  Language,  U.  S.  Military  Academy,  West  Point,  N.  Y. 

H.  CARLTON  CHEEVER,  Wrentham.  Taught  two  terms.  Editor  and  Publisher.  Spring- 
vale,  Maine. 

WILLIAM  CLELAND,  Weston.     Taught  six  months.     Mercantile  business.   Natick. 

MARTIN  G.  GUSHING,  Boston.     Lawyer.     Not  heard  from. 

QUINCY  E.  DICKERMAN,  Stoughton.  Taught  twenty-six  years.  Sub-Master,  Mayhew 
School,  Boston. 

RICHARD  EDWARDS,  JR.,  Hingham.  Taught  twenty-eight  years.  Normal  Schools  at 
Bridgewater,  Salem,  St.  Louis,  Normal,  111.  Clergyman.  Princeton,  Illinois. 

FREDERIC  JENNEY,  Fairhaven.     Taught  twenty-five  years.     Address,  Fairhaven. 

EDWARD  H.  LINCOLN,  Raynham.     Taught  seventeen  years.     Variety  Store.     Raynham. 

JOSEPH  D.  LITTLEFIELD,  Randolph,  i.  Taught  five  years.     Physician.     Titusville,   Pa. 

SETH  LITTLEFIELD,*  Randolph,  i.  Taught  five  years.     Died,  July  19,  1849. 

STEPHEN  MORSE,  JR.,  Marlboro',  Taught  fourteen  years,  Grammar  Schools.  Broker, 
Boston.  Residence,  Quincy. 

CYRUS  MORTON,  JR.,*  Halifax.     Taught  three  years.     Died  in  Randolph,  Feb.  20.  1870. 

WELLINGTON  NEWELL,  Bethel,  Maine.  Taught  six  months.  Congregational  Clergy- 
man, East  Charlemont. 

JOSHUA  G.  NICKERSON,  Chatham.  Taught  seven  years.  Oil  manufacturer.  436  Atlan- 
tic Avenue,  Boston. 

HIRAM  A.  OAKMAN,  Marshfield.     Taught  six  years.     Custom  House,  Boston, 

NATHAN  W.  SHAW,  Raynham.  Taught  fourteen  years.  Farmer  and  Life  Ins.  Agent, 
Raynham. 

JAMES  STRATTON,  Bolton.     T.  twenty  years.     In  Real  Estate  Business.     Oakland,  Cal. 

SAMUEL  S.  WILSON,  Charlestown.  T.  sixteen  years.  Counsellor  at  Law.  Charlestown. 
Total  of  teaching  for  nineteen,  251  years.  Average,  thirteen  years. 

MARIETT  ALDEN,  Bridgewater.     Mrs.  Jesse  H.  Wiley,  Canton  Street,  Boston. 

PHILENA  BURT,*  Berkley.     No  information. 

SERENA  K.  CASWELL,  Raynham.     Not  heard  from. 

CHARLOTTE  C.  CHRISTIAN,  Bridgewater.  T.  seven  years.  Mrs.  Fernando  Leonard, 
Boston. 

MARIA  CRANE,*  Canton.     Taught  nineteen  years.     Died  in  Quincy,  Sept.  15,  1865. 

ELIZA  A.  CROOKER,*  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach,     pied  soon  after  leaving  school. 


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68  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

MARY  J.  DICKERMAN,  Stoughton.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CLARA  W.  EATON,  Middleboro'.  i.  T.  eight  years.     Mrs.  Stillman  O.  Keith,  Bridgewater. 

OLIVE  D.  HATHAWAY,  Freetown.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  B.  H.  Strobridge,  Myricksville. 

SARAH  P.  HATHAWAY,  Freetown.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  John  E.  Corey,  Brighton. 

MARY  E.  KEITH,  Boston.     Not  heard  from. 

JANE  A.  LEONARD,*  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Died  July,  1859. 

ANN  C.  SPRAGUE,  Hingham.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  Henry  Warner,  Rockland. 

MARY  STROBRIDGE,  Middleboro'.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  James  Pierce,  Myricksville. 

CLARA  B.  TUCKER,  Canton.     Taught  twenty  one  years.     Address,  Canton. 

LUCRETIA  M.  WALKER,  Dummerston,  Vt.     Mrs.  P.    F.  WALKER,  Farley,  Dubuque 

Co.,  Iowa. 

SABA  WASHBURN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Fisher  Sprague,  Portland,  Me. 
HENRIETTA  WILBER,*  Raynham.     Taught  four  years.     Died  January,  1876. 

Total  of  teaching  for  thirteen,  seventy-one  years.     Average,  five  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  18.     DECEMBER  3,  1845. 

SIDNEY  C.  BANCROF,  Salem,     T.   three  years  in  Grammar  Schools.     Lawyer.     Peabody. 

CHARLES  W.  BELCHER,  Stoughton.    Not  heard  from. 

GEORGE  W.  DIX,*  South  Reading.     No  information. 

CHARLES  C.  GREENE,  E.  Greenwich.     Not  heard  from. 

P^LLIS  H.  HOLMES,  Plymouth.     Taught  twenty-nine  years.     Prin.  Girl's  High  School,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

STEPHEN  R.  ROGERS,  Marshfield.  i.  Civil  Engineer.     Lynn. 

JOSEPH  B.  SANFORD,  Taunton.     T.  three  years.   Attorney-at-Law.  33  School  St.,  Boston. 

JOHN  S.  P.  WHEELER,  Salem,  i.  Asst.  Librarian,  Congress,  Washington,  D.  C. 

ARTEMAS  WISWALL,  Newton.     Taught  twenty-six  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School,  Dud- 
ley Ave.,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  sixty-two  years.     Average,  twelve  years. 

HARRIET  ALLEN,  Taunton.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ELIZA    F.  BEAUMONT,*  Canton.      Taught  four  years.      Mrs.  Dr.  Edw.  Newhall,  Lynn. 
Died  June,  1870. 

JEANETT  D.  BURGESS,  Plymouth.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  John  D.  Manter,  Plymouth. 

HARRIET  B.  CHASE,  Providence,  R.  I.     Not  heard  from. 

LUCY  F.  COLE,*  Carver,  i.  No  information. 

SARAH  S.  CORNISH,*  Plymouth.      Taught  twenty  years.      Died  in  Plymouth,  Aug.,  1868. 

HARRIET  COVINGTON,*  Plymouth.     Did  not  teach.     Died  November  30,  1846. 

ELIZABETH  A.  DEAN,  Taunton.     Not  heard  from. 

JULIA  A.  W.  DREW,  Halifax.     Taught  five  years.     Physician.     Mrs.  Chas.  L.  Winslow, 
Rockland. 

BETSEY  A.  HALL,  Mansfield.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  Willard  Ellis,  Walpole. 

LYDIA  D.   HATHAWAY,  Freetown.     Taught  three  terms.     Mrs.  James  Dearden,  Assonet. 

ELIZABETH  PARKER,  Mansfield.     Mrs.  Isaac  Howard,  W.  Bridgewater. 

ELIZABETH  POTTER,  Providence,  R.  I.   i.  Not  heard  from. 

LYDIA  B.  TAYLOR,  Rochester,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Address,  Rochester. 

MARY  E.  WARE,  Wrentham.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Henry  Howard,  47  Green  St.,  Lynn. 
Total  of  teaching  for  nine,  forty-four  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  19.     APRIL  1,  1846. 

DAVID  ATWOOD,  Quincy.     Not  heard  from. 

THOMAS  H.  BOGUE,  Boston.     Not  heard  from. 

ADAM  CAPEN,  JR.,  Stoughton.     Taught  three  terms.     Shoe  business.     Stoughton. 

FREDERIC  CAPEN,  Stoughton.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ALBERT    CUSHMAN.   Bridgewater.     Taught  three   months.      General    Agent    Red   Line 

Transit  Co.     Brookline. 
CHARLES  CUSHMAN,  Bridgewater.     Bookkeeper.     184  William  St.,  New  York  City. 


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MARIUS  S.  DANIELS,  Blackstone.  i.  Taught  two  terms.     Grocer.    Custom  House  Street, 

Providence,  R.  I. 
GEORGE  HERRICK,  Westford.     Taught  one  and  one-half  years.     Farmer.     Pouca,  Dixon 

County,  Nebraska. 

ELMER  H.  LOCKE,*  Langdon,  N.  H.     T.  one  year.     Died  June  28,  1858,  in  California. 
LEWIS  G.  LOWE,  Boston.     Taught  two  years.     Farmer  and  Insurance  Agent.    Bridgewater. 
GEORGE  N.  MESSENGER,*  Wrentham.     No  information.     Deceased. 
ISAAC.  C.  OSGOOD,  Westford.     Not  heard  from. 
HENRY  A.  RODMAN,  Providence,  R.  I.  i.  No  information. 
CARLTON  STAPLES,  Mendon.     Taught  four  years.     Unit,  clergyman,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  ten  years.     Average,  two  years. 
SARAH  R.  BATCHELDER,*  Canton.     Mrs.  Richard  Fuller. 
MARY  A  CASWELL,  Raynham.     Not  heard  from. 
NARCISSA    Y.   CHASE,*  Berkley.     Taught  twenty-five  years  in  Country  Schools.     Died 

August  u,  1872. 

ABBY  HALL,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  term. 

ROWENA  HAYWARD,  Raynham.     T.  three  terms.     Mrs.  Joseph  W.  White,  Raynham: 
JOANN  JACKSON,  Plymouth.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Lewis  G.  Lowe,  Bridgewater. 
HANNAH  S.  MACOMBER,*  Dartmouth.     Taught  twenty-one  years.     Died  Oct.  17,  1872. 
DEBORAH  C.  MUNROE  *  Bridgewater.     No  information. 
vSUSAN  G.  NO  YES,  Abington.     Not  heard  from. 

ANNE  S.  RAYMOND,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     198  W.  Brookline  St.,  Boston. 
ELIZABETH  B.  RUSSELL,*  Plymouth.     T.  twelve  years.  Died  May  7,  1856,  at  Plymouth. 
ZIPPORAH  SAWYER,  Bolton.     Taught  twenty-five  years.     Member  of  School  Committee, 

Medford/ 

EMMELINE  O.VINTON,  Providence,  R.  I.     Not  heard  from. 
MARY  B.  WHITE,  Rochester.     Taught   twenty-nine   years.     In    Ungraded    Schools,   four 

years.     Grammar  Schools,  two  years.     Primary  Schools,  eighteen  years.     Has  been  Prin- 
cipal of  Training  School,  New  Bedford,  five  years. 
ELIZA  E.  WHITE,  Yarmouth.     Not  heard  from. 
MARY  WILLIAMS,  Raynham.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  one  hundred  and  thirteen  years.     Average,  fourteen  years. 

CLASS  20.     AUGUST  5,  1846. 

BENJAMIN  H.  BAILEY,  Northboro'.     Taught  nine  years.     Unit.  Clergyman.    Marblehead. 
ABNER  H.  BELCHER,*  Wrentham.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Died  November  20,  1857. 
CHARLES  D.  DAVIS,  Worcester.     Taught  two  years.     Care  of  Estate.     Medfield. 
JOHN  L.  DUNN,  Northboro'.     Not  heard  from. 

HENRY  J.  EVERETT,*  Wrentham.     Taught  three  years.     Died,  Medfield,  July  7,  1871. 
JOHN  A.  LATHROP,  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten  years.     Address,  Bridgewater. 
MARTIN  V.  PRATT,  Easton.     Taught  ten  years.     Merchant.     Evansville,  Wis. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  thirty-five  years.     Average,  six  years. 

ABBY  E.  ALLEN,  Medfield.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  Charles  D.  Davis,  Medfield. 
SARAH  J.  BABCOCK,*  New  Bedford.     T.  four  and  one-half  years.     Died  February  13, 1853. 
FRANCES  A.  BAKER,*  Boston,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Died  Dec.  21,  1847. 
MARTHA  C.  BASSETT,  Bridgewater.     Taught  nine  years.     Millinery.     Mrs.  J.  C.  Meade, 

Brockton. 

ELIZA  F.  COPELAND,  West  Bridgewater.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  H.  COPELAND,  Bridgewater.     T.  three  terms.     Mrs.  Edwin  Gushee,  Raynham. 
CLEMENTINA  DIMICK,*  Boston.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  E.  K.  Whitaker,  Needham. 
MARY  A.  HALL,*  Mansfield.     Taught  four  terms.     Died  in  Mansfield,  Feb.  12,  1858. 
SARAH  J.  HILL,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  A.  Waldo  Bassett,  Bridgewater. 
HARRIET  A.  LEACH,*  Bridgewater.     T.  ten  years.    Mrs.  J.  H.  Allen.    Died  June  22,  1868. 
RUTH  A.  MORSE,  Rehoboth.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Artemas  Briggs,  Princeton,  Minn. 


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ANNA  M.  SALISBURY,  Medfield.     Not  heard  from. 

SARAH  E.  SHANKLAND,  Randolph.  2.  Taught  twenty-eight  years.     Teaching  Grammar 

School.     Randolph. 

MARY  P.  SOUTH  WORTH,  Duxbury.     Did  not  teach. 
SARAH  J.  TAUNT,  Canton.     Not  heard  from. 
AMANDA    M.  WARE,    Wrentham.     Taught   thirteen   years.     Mrs.    Rev.  Franklin  Davis, 

Newington,  N.  H. 
MARGARET  WASHBURN,*   Bridgewater.     Did   not   teach.     Mrs.  Stillman  Alger.    Died 

July  4,  1856. 

Total  of  teaching  for  fourteen,  eighty-three  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  21.     DECEMBER  2,  1846. 

JOHN  W.  ATWOOD,  Chatham.     T.  ten  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
FREEMAN  NICKERSON,  JR.,  Chatham.     Taught  eleven  years.     Merchant.     91  S.  Water 

St.,  Chicago,  111. 

GEORGE  H.  STEPHENS,  Needham.     Not  heard  from. 
JOB.  C.  TRIPP,  Fairhaven.  r.  Did  not  teach.     Treas.  Fairhaven  Iron  Works. 

Total  of  teaching  for  three,  twenty-one  years.     Average,  seven  years. 
LUCIA  CONANT,  Barnard,  Vt.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Ellis  S.  Wood,  Pomfret,  Vt. 
SUSAN  H.  CAS  WELL,  Bridgewater.  i.  Didnot  teach.  Mrs.  Richmond  Caswell,  Middleboro. 
ELIZABETH  D.  F.  CORNISH*  Plymouth.     Taught  three  years.     Died  July  4,  1854. 
MARY  A.  FISHER,*  Northboro'.  2.  Taught  three  and  one-half  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  Horatio 

Stebbins.     Died  February  4,  1875,  San  Francisco,  California. 
PHEBE  MITCHELL,  Nantucket.     Taught  twenty-seven  years.     Mrs.  Joshua  Kendall,  Cam- 

bridgeport. 

ABIGAIL  M.  MORSE,  Rehoboth.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  O.  G.  Stevens,  N.  Rehoboth. 
MARY  N.  PRATT,  Weymouth.     Not  heard  from. 
CATHARINE    F.    SCOTT,  Wrentham.      Taught   twenty   years.     Mrs.  E.  D.    Hemenway, 

Wrentham. 
ANNIE  B.  WARE,  Milton.     Taught  twenty  years.     Mrs.  Frederick  Winsor,  Winchester. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  eighty-two  years.     Average,  ten  years. 

CLASS  22.      MARCH  24,  1847. 

SIMEON  BURT,  Freetown.     T.  five  years.     Canvasser.     601  N.  i8th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
JAMES  HARLOW,  Plymouth.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  one,  five  years. 

EUNICE  H.  W.  COPELAND,  Bridgewater.     T.  one  term.   Mrs.  Rufus  Wood,  Bridgewater. 
CORNELIA    M.    FULLER,    Wrentham.     Taught   eight   years.     Mrs.    S.    R.   Jackson,    233 

Friendship  St.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

ANN  E.  LADD,  Lynn.     Taught  four  years.     Address,  Lynn. 

ELIZABETH  G.  LEACH,  Bridgewater.     T.  nine  years.     Mrs.  Joel  Tolman,  Bridgewater. 
M.  ELIZA  D.  MOORE,  Taunton.     Not  heard  from. 
MARTHA    RUSSELL,  New   Bedford,     Taught   twenty-nine   years.     In  Private  School  for 

Young  Ladies,  New  Bedford. 

MARY  E.  SMITH,  Wayland.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Ezra  Alden,  Bridgewater. 
SARAH  M.  VOSE,  Milton.     Taught  sixteen  years.     Private  School.     In  Hyde  Park. 
ABBY  A.  WHITE  *  Fairhaven.  I.  Mrs.  Barker.     Died  Feb.  18,  1857. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  sixty-seven  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

CLASS  23.     AUGUST  4,   1847. 

WILLIAM  C.  DAVOL,*  Westport.     Taught  three  terms.     Died  in  Ecuador,  July  16,  1873. 
EDWIN  H.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Manuf.  of  Cotton  Gins.     Bridgewater. 


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ALBERT  J.  MANCHESTER,  Tiverton.     Taught  twenty-six  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School. 

Providence,  R.  I.,  62  John  St. 
THOMAS  METCALF,    Wrentham.     Taught   twenty-seven  years.      In   Grammar    Schools, 

Charlestown  and  West  Roxbury,  nine  years ;  High  School,  St.  Louis,  five  years ;  has  taught 

in  State  Normal  University,  Normal,  111.,  thirteen  years. 

HENRY  MITCHELL,  Nantucket.  U.  S.  Coast  Survey.  8  Pemberton  Sq.,  Boston. 
JOSEPH  H.  SWAIN,  Roxbury.  Taught  two  terms.  Physician,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
JAMES.  D.  WHITMORE,  Plymouth.  Taught  twenty-seven  years.  Grammar  and  High 

Schools.     Now  in  High  School,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  fifty-five  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

LOUISA  T.  COOK,*  Provincetown.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Capt.  Benj.  Freeman.     Died 

Feb.  24,  1859. 
LYDIA  C.  DODGE,  Lynn.     Taught  twenty-two  years, —  fourteen  years  in  High  Schools  and 

Academies.      Hubbardston. 

ANSTRUS  HATCH,  Marshfield.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  C.  JOHNSON,  Provincetown.     T.  seven  years.     Mrs.  Wm.  W.  Smith,  Provicetown. 
AMELIA    LEONARD,*   Bridgewater.     Taught   five  years.     Mrs.  Joseph   Sampson.  Died 

March  17,  1865. 
MYRA  SAMPSON,*  Middleboro*.     T.  two  terms.     Mrs.  Pickens,  Middleboro'.     Deceased. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  thirty-nine  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

CLASS  24.     DECEMBER  1,  1847. 

ALBERT    W~.    FARNSWORTH,*  Roxbury.     Taught  two  years.     Teller,   First   National 

Bank,  Maiden.     Died  March  10,  1875. 

HIRAM  H.  PEVEAR,  Roxbury.     T.  four  terms.     Baptist  Clergyman.     Cambridgeport. 
WILLIAM  J.  POTTER,  Dartmouth.     Taught  four  years.     Unit.  Clergyman.  New   Bedford. 
ARTHUR    SUMNER,   Boston.     Taught  twenty    years    in    Public    and    Normal   Schools. 

Brooklyn,  Alameda  County,  California. 

SILVESTER  SWEETSER,  Stoneham.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
ROWLAND  G.  WEEDEN,*  Jamestown,  R.  I.  Taught  three  years.  Died  in  Newport,  R.  I., 

September  28,  1856. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  thirty-one  years.     Average,  six  years. 

RACHEL  B.  ALLEN,  Fall  River.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs. Brown. 

SARAH  BUNKER,  Nantucket.     Did  not  teach.     Address,  Boston  Highlands. 

HANNAH  COOK,  Kingston.     Taught   twenty-six  years.     Private   School.     1511    Clay   St. 

San  Francisco,  California. 
MARY   H.  THAYER,  Milton,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  three,  twenty-eight  years.     Average,  nine  years. 

CLASS  25.     MARCH  22,  1848. 

JOHN  F.  BARNARD,  Worcester.     Did  not  teach.     Civil  Engineer  and  Railroad  Supt,  St. 

Joseph,  Missouri. 

JOHN  N.  BROWN,  Candia,  N.  H.     Taught  five  years.     Insurance.    Boston. 
NATHANIEL  MORTON,  Plymouth.     Taught  one  year.     Manufacturer.    Plymouth. 
W.  HENRY  WEST,  Milton.     Did  not  teach.     Merchant.      35  Commercial  St.,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  five  years.     Average,  one  year. 

THALIA  ALDEN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Henry  S.  Keith,  Campello. 
LAURA  P.  HOLLAND,  Chelsea.  Taught  eight  years.    School  Committee.     133  Hawthorne 

St.,  Chelsea. 

WEALTHY  HOLMES,  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Stephen  Morse,  Quincy. 
ORILLA  C.  JONES,  Weston.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Benj.  Burt,  San  Jose,  Cal. 
PHEBE  M.  MORSE,  Rehoboth.     Taught  eleven  years.    Mrs.  Allen  B.  Burt,  Taunton. 


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SARAH  D.  OTTIWELL,  New  Bedford.     Taught  twenty-four  years.     Prin's  Assistant,  New 

Bedford  High  School. 

SARAH    D.  POND,  Wentham.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Jefferson  C.  Farrar,  Newton  Centre. 
HARRIET  ROBINSON,  Bridgewater.  2.  T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Morton  Alger,  Cambridge. 
ELIZA  G.  SMITH,  Lexington.     Taught  one  year     Mrs.  F.  E.  Skinner,  117  West  Chester 

Park,  Boston. 
MARY  E.  VOSE,  Milton.     Taught  eleven  years.     Address,  Hyde  Park. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eleven,  seventy-six  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

CLASS  26.     AUGUST  2,  1848. 

ALBERT   G.  BOYDEN,    S.  Walpole.     Taught   twenty-six   years    in    Grammar,  High,  and 

Normal  Schools.     Principal  State  Normal  School,  Bridgewater. 
MOSES  T.  BROWN,  Manchester,  N,  H.  i.  Taught  twenty  years.    Sup't  of  Schools,  Toledo, 

Ohio,  five  years.     Prof,  of  Oratory  in  Tufts  College,  and  director  of  Elocution  in  Boston 

Schools.     St.  James  Hotel,  Boston. 
WILLIAM  A.  CLOUGH,  Barnstead,  N.  H.     T.  three  years.     Flour  dealer,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Total  of  teaching  for  three,  forty-nine  years.     Average,  sixteen  years. 

HELEN  M.  ATKINS,  Sandwich.     T.  six  years.     Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Burgess,  2nd,  N.  Sandwich. 
ISABELLA  W.  CLARKE,  Newport,  Me.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  A.  G.  Boyden,  Bridgewater. 
MYRA  R.  CROCKER,  Bridgewater.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Luther  Thomas,  Bridgewater. 
IRENE  S.  HATHAWAY,  Freetown.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Simeon  Borden,  Fall  River. 
ELIZABETH  B.  HITCH,  New  Bedford.     Taught  two  years.    Mrs.  F.  M.  Fuller,  Peabody. 
CATHARINE  E.  TUCKER,  Milton.    Taught  two  terms.    Address,  Hyde  Park. 
Total  of  teaching  for  six,  fifteen  years.     Average,  two  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  27.     DECEMBER  6,  1848. 

WILLARD  P.  CLARK,  Medway.     Taught  one  term.     Farmer.     Rockville. 
STILLMAN  HOLMES,  Plymouth.     Taught  four  terms.     Physician.     Santa  Cruz,  Cal. 
CHRISTOPHER  C.  MOORE,  Sterling.     No  information. 
IRA  MOORE,  Newfield,  Me.    Taught  eighteen  years.    Prin.  State  Normal  School,  St.  Cloud, 

Minn.,  six  years.     Prin.  Public  Schools.     San  Diego,  Cal. 

HENRY  C.  RYDER,*  Plymouth.   Taught  one  term.     Died  at  the  mines  in  Cal.,  June  9, 1854. 
STEPHEN  W.  STONE,  Newton.     No  information. 
EDWARD  WELLINGTON,*  Lexington.  T.  one  term.  Drowned  in  Cambridge,  July  6,  1852. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  twenty  years.     Average,  four  years. 

HELEN  M.  ALLYNE,  Sandwich.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Josiah  Stanford,  San  Jose,  Cal. 
IRENE  B.  ASHLEY,  Dartmouth.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  I.  D.  Delano,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
ELIZABETH  D.  BACON,*  Harvard.     Taught  two  years.     Died  May  9,  1857. 
SOPHIA  M.  GARDNER,  Swansey.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Rev.  Edward  Cowley,  157  E. 

60  St.,  New  York  City. 

SARAH  R.  MAXFIELD,  New  Bedford.     No  information. 

SUSAN   H.  MOORE,  Sudbury.     Taught  thirteen  years-     Mrs.  J.  A.  Rockwood,  Upton. 
ELIZABETH  POTTER,*  Dartmouth.     Taught  eight  years.     Died  October  21,  1856. 
Total  of  teaching  for  six,  thirty  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  28.     MARCH  28,  1849. 

E.  H.  BEALS,  Abington.     No  information. 

EDSON  W.  BURR,  Foxboro'.     No  information. 

CHARLES  M.  CUSHMAN,  Attleboro'.     T.  six  years.     Bookseller,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

IRA  COPELAND,  West  Bridgewater.     Taught  six  years.     Manufacturer,  Brockton. 

ELBRIDGE  FAUNCE,  Dartmouth.     Taught  twelve  years.     Farmer.     So.  Dartmouth. 

ELISHA  MANN,  2D,  Randolph.     Did  not  teach. 

JOSEPH  B.  READ,  Dighton.     Taught  thirteen  years.     Baptist  clergyman.     So.  Hanson. 


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JAMES  SUMNER,  Milton.     Taught  eight  years.     Lawyer.     Mattapan. 

I'.KADFORD  TUCKER,*  Canton.     Taught  two  years.     Died  in  1852. 

J.  FRANCIS  WASHBURN,*  Newton,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Died  in  1859. 

DANIEL  S.  WENTWORTH,  Webster.     Taught  twenty-five  years.     In  Grammar  Schools, 

Milton,  Dorchester,  Watertown,  Mass.,  Chicago,  111.,  sixteen  years.     Has  been  Principal 

of  Cook  County  Normal  School,  Illinois,  the  last  nine  years. 

Total  of  teaching  for  nine,  seventy-two  years.     Average,  eight  years. 
MARY  A.  A.  CARROLL*  Boston.     Taught  three  years.     Died  March  8,  1853. 
SUSAN  CHRISTIAN,  Bridgewater.     T.  ten  years.     Mrs.  George  W.  Folsom,  Bridgewater. 
MARTHA  COPELAND,  Bridgewater.     Mrs.  Nathaniel  Hall,  Raynham. 
FANNY  W.  FOGG,  Newton.     Taught  eleven  years.     Newton  Highlands. 
LUCRETIA  HAY  WARD,    Bridgewater.      Taught   one   and   one-half  years.     Mrs.   Daniel 

Fobes,  N.  Cambridge. 

MATILDA  HAVEN,  Fall  River.     Mrs.  James  M.  Hawes,  Delaware,  O. 
JULIETT  JOHNSON  *  Sudbury.     Did  not  teach.     Deceased. 
ABBY  A.  KEITH,*  Bridgewater.     Died  in  Brockton. 
MARTHA  H.  KING,  Bridgewater.     Mrs.  G.  H.  Thompson,  Kidder,  Mo. 
MARTHA  S.  PRICE,  Attleboro'.  Taught  seven  years.    Mrs.  Rev.  J.  D.  Pierce,  N.  Attleboro'. 
CAROLINE  L.  TALLANT,  Nantucket.     Taught  ten  and  one-half  years.      Sec'y  to  Rev.  E. 

E.  Hale,  215  Highland  St.,  Roxbury. 
LOUISA  TUCKER,  Canton.     Taught  three  years. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  forty-six  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  29.     AUGUST  8,  1849. 

FRANKLIN  BRIGGS,  Dighton.     No  information. 

JACOB  F.  BROWN,  Ipswich.     Taught  twenty-six  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School.    Salem. 
SAMUEL  W.  CLAPP,  Dedham.     Taught  one  year.     Civil  Engineer.   Dedham,  Mass. 

SAMUEL  CUSHMAN,  JR.,  Attleboro'.  Taught  two  years.    Superintendent  of  Mines.    Den- 
ver, Col. 

BENJ.  B.  W.  EDMANDS,  Charlestown.     Taught  two  years. 

DAVIS  M'KENDRY,  Canton.     Taught  three  and  one-half  years.     Spice  Mill.     Neponset. 

LEWIS  WHITING,  Hanover.     Taught  two  terms.     Physician.    Danvers. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  thirty-five  years.     Average  six  years. 

FRANCES    W.  ALLEN,  Attleboro.     T.  four  years.  Mrs.  Thomas  Fellows,  Ontario,  Kansas. 

ADA  G.  B.  BEAL,  Milton.     Not  heard  from. 

HANNAH  H.  DEAN,  Easton.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Haskins,  Easton. 

LEMIRA  A.  FISH,  Pawtucket.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  B.  W.  Hood,  673  High  St.,  Prov- 
idence, R.  I. 

ANNA  S.  IRESON,  Lynn.     Taught  two  yeaffs.      Mrs,  Amos  Tapley,  Lynn. 

HANNAH  B.  METCALF,  Wrentham.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Austin  Saunders,  Norwood. 

SALLIE  M.  PECK,  Attleboro'.     Taught  fifteen  years.     Address,  Attleboro'. 

M.  ELIZABETH  PERVEAR,  Pawtucket.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Hill,  63  Charles 
Field  St.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

EUNICE  M.  READ,  Attleboro'.     Taught  three  years.     Attleboro'  Falls. 

ISABELLA   E.    ROBINSON,    Attleboro.      Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Joseph   Cushman,   Attle- 
boro' Falls. 

ELIZABETH  WESTON,  Boston.     Taught  twenty-five  years,  in  High  and  Normal  Schools. 
Kennedy's  Hall,  Boston  Highlands. 

Total  of  teaching  for  ten,  fifty-five  years.     Average,  five  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  30.     DECEMBER  5,   1849. 

CHARLES   F.  CROCKER,  Barnstable.     Taught  one  term. 

EDWARD  C.  DELANO,  Fairhaven.  T.  twenty-two  years.    Principal,  Chicago  Normal  School. 

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ROBERT  C.  METCALF,  Wrentham.   Taught  twenty-five  years  in  Grammar,  High  and  Nor- 
mal Schools.     Master  of  Wells  Grammar  School,  Boston. 
AARON  PORTER,  Danvers.     Not  heard  from. 

FREDERICK  TABER  *  Fairhaven.    Taught  one  term.     Died  Aug.  13,  1866. 
BENJAMIN  C.  VOSE,  Milton.     T.  twelve   years.     Cashier,  Bay  State  Iron  Co.,  Hyde  Park. 
WILLIAM  H.  WARD,  Newton.     Taught  twelve  years.     Engineer.      Worcester. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  seventy-two  years.     Average,  twelve  years. 
RUTH  A.  BURT,  Berkley.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Seth  C.  French,  Taunton. 
ELIZA  CRANE,  Canton.     Not  heard  from. 
ELIZA  E.  CUSHMAN,  New  Bedford.     2.  Not  heard  from. 
ANNIE  L.  FLYNN,  Boston.     Not  heard  from. 
ELLEN  HINCKLEY,  Barnstable.     i.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  I.  MEGGETH,  Slatersville,  R.  I.    T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Alvin  C.  Robbing,  Millville. 
AUGUSTA  M.  SHAW,  Middleborough.     Not  heard  from. 

RUTH  STOCKBRIDGE,  Randolph.  T.  nine  years.  Mrs.  F.  O.  White,  22  Akron  St.,  Roxbury. 
CAROLINE  TUCKER,  Canton.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  three,  fifteen  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  31.     MARCH  27,  1850. 

OLIVER  F.  BRYANT,  Woburn.     Taught  twenty-two  years,  Grammar  Schools.     Chauncy 

Hall  School,  Boston. 

F.  H.  CHAMBERLAIN,  Worcester.     2.  Not  heard  from. 
SAMUEL  CRANE.  Boston,  i.   Not  heard  from. 

THOMAS  B.  EWELL,  Newtoa.     Taught  three  years.     Clerk.     Cambridge. 
LUCIUS  KINGSBURY,  Andover,  Ct.    Taught  twenty-five  years.     Principal,  High  School, 

Lincoln,  Illinois. 

EDWIN  MAY,  Sterling.     Taught  six  years.     Farmer.    Ironton,  Iron  Co.,  Missouri. 
CHARLES  A.  RICHARDSON,  Montague.    T.  six  years.    Editor,   Congregationalist,  Boston. 
WILLIAM  A.  WEBSTER,  North  Brookfield.     Taught  ten  years.     Physician.    Westford. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  seventy-two  years.     Average,  twelve  years. 

CAROLINE  ALDEN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Linus  Darling,  Savin  Hill. 
ELLEN  L.  ASHCROFT,  Dorchester.     Not  heard  from. 
ELIZABETH  C.  BABCOCK,  New  Bedford.     T.  ten  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Potter,  New 

Bedford. 
CORNELIA  BASSETT,  Winslow,  Maine.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Ira  E.  Getchell,  No. 

Vassalboro,  Maine. 

LUCY  A.  CARPENTER,  Pawtucket.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Lucius  Kingsbury,  Lincoln,  111. 
REBECCA  E.  CHASE,  Pawtucket.     T.  twenty-four  years.     High  School.  Providence,  R.  I. 
FRANCES  A.  CLAPP,  W.  Scituate.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Joel  Bowker,  Maplewood. 
ELIZABETH  CRAFTS,  Boston.     Taught  eighteen  years.    Teaching.     Maiden. 
MARY  J.    CRAGIN,*    Woburn.     Taught  eighteen   years.    In  Wheaton  Female  Seminary, 

Norton,  eight  years.    St.  Louis  Normal  School,  ten  years.     Died  Nov.  30,  1870. 
MARY  H.   DROWN,  Attleboro'.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Ambrose  Keith,  Bridgewater. 
AMY  B.  DURFEY,  Tiverton,  R.  I.     Taught  three  months.     Address,  Tiverton,  R.  I. 
CAROLINE  ELLIS,*  Walpole.     T.  eight  years.     Mrs.  P.  B.  Strong.     Died  Sept.  16,  1874. 
C.  EMILY  FARRINGTON,  Franklin,   i.  T.  two  years.  Mrs.  J.  G.  Hubbard,  Derry,  N.  H. 
CHARLOTTE  M.  GARDNER,  Nantucket.     T.  twenty-four  years.     Teaching.  Phila.,  Pa. 
MARY  A.  HALL,  Bridgewater.     2.  Mrs.  Capt.  Copeland,  Bridgewater. 
ALMIRA  W.  HODGES,  Franklin.     Taught  seven  years.      Mrs.  Rev.   Hiram  K.   Pervear, 

Cambridgeport. 

ANNE  C.  IDE,  Attleboro.'  Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  Benjamin  Leavitt,  Canton. 
LOVE  S.  JONES,  Falmouth.     No  information. 

MARY  J.  SMITH,  Nantucket.     i.  Mrs. Thacher. 

LYDIA  H.  SWEET,*  Attleboro'.     Taught  two  terms.     Mrs.  A.  H.  Tucker.     Deceased. 


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LUCY  C.  SYLVESTER,*  Boston,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Henry  H.  Ward.     Died  Dec. 

16,  1873. 

ALYDIA  S.  TAFT,*  Mendon.  2.  Taught  twelve  years.     Died,  1863. 

MARY  S.  WILDER,  Dedham.     Taught  one  term.  Copyist.  Mrs.  J.  H.  B.  Thayer,  Dedham. 
Total  of  teaching  for  nineteen,  148  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

CLASS  32.     AUGUST  7,  1850. 

ADIN  A.  BALLOU,*  Milford.     Taught  one  term  in  this  Normal  School.   Died  Feb.  8,  1852. 
THOMAS  H.  BARNES,  Waltham.     Taught  twenty-four  years.     Master,  Bigelow  Grammar 

School.    South  Boston. 

EDWIN  S.  BEARD,  Falmouth.     Taught  two  years.     Cong'l  Clergyman.     Brooklyn,  Conn. 
JOHN  T.  COOK,  Tiverton,  R.  I.     Taught  fifteen  years.     Farmer.     Tiverton,  R.  I. 
JAMES  E.  KAIME,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.     T.  seven  years  in  High  School.     Real  Estate  Broker. 

St.  Louis. 

SAMUEL  J.  LOVEWELL,  Weston.     Not  heard  from. 

ALEXANDER  McDONALD,*  Boston.  T.  nine  years.  Died  in  New  York,  April,  1867. 
JABEZ  M.  LYLE,  Rockport.  Taught  five  years.  Secretary.  5  Dey  St.,  New  York  City. 
LEVI  S.  ROWE,  Stoneham.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  sixty-two  years.     Average,  nine  years. 
OLIVE  S.  BALLOU,  Keene,  N.  H.     Not  heard  from. 
MARY  A.  KAIME,*  Pittsfield,  N.  H.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  William  A.  Webster.  Died 

October,  17,  1855. 
MARTHA  KINGMAN,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  fourteen  years.     In  Intermediate  School, 

Fall  River;  one  year.     English  High  School  for  Boys,  Salem,  two  years.     State  Normal 

School,  Salem,  eleven  years.     Mrs.  Prof.  Alpheus  Crosby,  Salem. 

SALOME  C.  LOTHROP,  Provincetown.  2.  T.  nine  years.   Mrs.  Rob't  C.  Soper,  Provincetown. 
ELIZABETH  PRATT,*  Abington.  2.  Died  May  3,  1851. 
LIZZIE  A.  SHERMAN,  Boston.     Not  heard  from. 
ELLEN  M.  WELD,  Roxbury.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  WESTALL,  Providence,  R.  I.     T.  fifteen  years.     Mrs.  David  L.  Daboll,  Providence. 
SOPHIA  H.  WHITE*  Littleton.     Died  at  Littleton,  1854. 

ANTOINETTE  WIGHT,  Dracut.     T.  fourteen  years  in  Public  City  Schools.   Fall  River. 
REBECCA  S.  WILMARTH,  Attleboro'.     Taught.    Mrs.  Prof.  G.  C.  Caldwell,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
MARTHA   F.  WINNING,   Chelmsford.     Taught   twenty-three  years.     Head   Assistant   in 

Hancock  School,  Boston.     6  Eden  St.,  Charlestown. 

ELVIRA  WOOD,  Middleboro.     T.  sixteen  years.     Mrs.  James  S.  Bump,  Jr.,  Middleboro'. 
Total  of  teaching  for  nine,  ninety-three  years.     Average,  ten  years. 

CLASS  33.     DECEMBER  4,  1850. 

JAMES  M.  ADAMS,  Milford.     Not  heard  from. 

HORATIO    F.   ALLEN,  Walpole.     Taught  fourteen  years,  Grammar  and   High  Schools. 

Fire  Insurance.    Newtonville. 

WALTER  GALE,  Northboro.     Taught  one  year.     Newspaper  Publisher.  Northboro', 
EDWARD  A.  LYNDE,  Sterling.     Not  heard  from. 
SAMUEL  A.  W.  PARKER,  JR.,  Stoughton.     Taught  two  terms.   Provision  Dealer.    Boyls 

ton  Market,  Boston. 

SILAS  PEABODY,  Fall  River.     T.  twenty-two  years.'  Prin.  Grammar  School,  E.  Lexington. 
ABRAM  WASHBURN,  JR.,*  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Deceased. 
WILLIAM  WATSON,  Nantucket.      T.  twenty-four  years.    73  Marlboro  St.,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  sixty-two  years.     Average,  ten  years. 
ELLEN  M.  BARTLETT,  Quincy.     Not  heard  from. 
A.  E.  BRIGHAM,  Westboro'.  2.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  M.  ELLIS,  Mendon.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Edward  Dudley,  Mendon. 
PHILINDA  D.  FISHER,  Nantucket.     Not  heard  from. 


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FRANCES  A.  FRENCH,*  Andover.     2.     Taught  two  years.     Died  Nov.  23,  1856. 
BETSEY    GERRY,  Stoneham.      Taught  twenty-three  years.     Teaching.     Boston  Grammar 

School.     N.  Woburn. 

LUCY  E.  HALL,  Warwick,  R.  I.  Taught  seven  years.    Mrs.  Quincy  L.  Reed,  S.  Weymouth. 
CATHERINE  M.  HIGGINS,  Fairhaven.     Taught  one  year.     Address,  Chicago,  111. 
ELIZABETH  E.  LATHROP,*  West  Bridgewater.     T.  eleven  years.     Died  Jan.  19,  1873. 
ELIZABETH  G.  MACY,  Nantucket.     T.  sixteen  years.     Address,  Nantucket. 
SUSAN  A.  MITCHELL,  Nantucket.  i.  Mrs.  Defreez,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
SUSAN  A.  ROWE,  Stoneham.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  William  Messen. 
MARY  E.  SPRINGER,  Attleboro'.     T.  fourteen  years.     Mrs.  Sam'l  P.  Lathrop,  Attleboro'. 
MARY  S.  STONE,  Watertown.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  C.  E.  C.  Breck,  E.  Milton. 
LUCRETIA  S.  SWAIN,  Nantucket.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

ELIZA  TAFT,  Mendon.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Samuel  Adams,  Cold  Brook,  Barre. 
Total  of  teaching  for  eleven,  eighty-four  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

CLASS  34.     MARCH  26,  1851. 

ALONZO  B.  ABBOTT,  Randolph.     Taught  five  years.    Supt.  Public  Schools.   Bradford,  111. 
JAMES  T.  ALLEN,  Medfield.     Taught  twenty-three  years.     In  Grammar  School,  two  years. 

High  School,  one  year.     Polytechnic  Institute,  Troy,   N.   Y.,  four  years.     Has  been  in 

English  and  Classical  School,  West  Newton,  sixteen  years. 
WILLIAM  BELL,  Woonsocket,  R.  I.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

SAMUEL  M.  BROWN,  Mansfield.     Taught  thirteen  years.     Farmer.     Mansfield. 
ELKANAH  W.  DICKERSON,  Rumney,  N.  H.   Taught  thirteen  years.  Tobacco  Inspector. 

39  N.  3d  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
EDWIN  C.  HEWETT,  East  Douglas.     Taught  twenty-three  years.     Grammar,  High,  and 

Normal  Schools.     State  Normal  University,  Normal,  111. 

GEORGE  M.  SMITH,  Walpole.     Did  not  teach.     Bookseller,     n  Bromfield  St.,  Boston. 
JOHN  W.  WILLIS,  Milford.     T.  four  years.     Grammar  and  High.     Physician.     Waltham. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  eighty-one  years.     Average,  eleven  and  one-half  years. 

SARAH  J.  BAKER,  Nantucket.  Taught  twenty-five  years  in  Lawrence  and  Boston.  Prin- 
cipal, Dudley  Grammar  School.  Boston  Highlands. 

SUSY  S.  BLISH,' Boston.     2  Did  not  teach.     Address,  York,  Penn. 

RHODA  M.  BRIGGS,*  Rochester.     2  No  information.     Deceased. 

ELVIRA  BROOKS,  S.  Scituate.     Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  Ezekiel  T.  Vinal,  S.  Scituate. 

PHEBE  B.  CATHELLE.  Rochester.  T.  sixteen  years.  Grammar  and  High  Schools.  Rochester. 

AROLINE  S.  DARLING,  Bridgewater.    T.  two  terms.    Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Vose,  New  Bedford. 

CATHERINE  DWIGHT,  Springfield.  Taught  five  years.  Mrs.  Geo.  Bliss,  Jr.,  54  W.  39th 
St.,  New  York  City. 

MARY  A.  E.  EBERLE,  Boston.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Geo.  Faxon,  Providence,  R.  I. 

REBECCA  W.  EDWARDS,*  Chelsea.    2.   Taught  four  years  in  Chelsea.     Died,  1856. 

ABBY  S.  FISKE,*  Medfield.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  F.  W.  Goodale.     Died  Jan.  15,  1862. 

CYNTHIA  B.  FRENCH,  Clinton,    i.   Mrs.  Joseph  P.  Williams,  75  Union  St.,  Boston. 

MARIA  E.  GARDNER,  Fall  River.     Taught  twelve  years.     In  Iowa. 

ABBY  H.  HILL,  Sherburne.     Taught  twenty  years.     Address,  E.  Medway. 

MARY  J.  HUNT,  Framingham.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Samuel  Tarbox,  Benicia,  Cal. 

CAROLINE  E.  JONES,  Boston.     2.    Not  heard  from. 

ELIZA  B.  LEWIS,  Seekonk.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  J.  W.  Denison,  Denison,  Iowa. 

CORDELIA  F.  MAY,  Plymouth.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  John  B.  Souther,  Melrose. 

MARY  C.  NILES,  Roxbury.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Sylvester  Potter,  Vinton,  Iowa. 

ELIZA  J.  PARISH,*  Hinsdale.  i.  Mrs.  M.  M.  Wentworth,  Hinsdale.     Died  Nov.  16,  1859. 

HANNAH  ROSS,  Sterling.     Taught  ten  years  in  Sterling.     Address,  Sterling. 

RUTH  C.  RYDER,*  Provincetown.  2.  Taught  seven  years.  Mrs.  John  T.  Small.  Died 
February  20.  1868. 

MARY  R.  THAIN,  Nantucket.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  E.  D.  Marshall,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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MARIA  E.  VINAL,  Scituate.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  G.  H.  Webb,  Scituate. 

ABBIE  W.  WOODS,  Ashby.     T.  seventeen  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  F.  A.  Fiske,  Brookfield,  Ct. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twenty,  one  hundred  and  forty-five  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

CLASS  35.     AUGUST  6,  1851. 

SAMUEL  BIRD,  East  Bridgewater.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
GEORGE  A.  TABER,  New  Bedford.  Not  heard  from. 
CHARLES  L.  WASHBURN,  Raynham.  Taught  seven  years.  Farmer.  No.  Perry,  Me. 

Total  of  teaching  for  one,  seven  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

AMELIA  BRECK,  New  York  City.  2.  Taught  seven  years.    Private  School.    Covington,  Ky. 

EMILY  P.  DAMON,  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  years.     Address,  Bridgewater. 

MARY  P.  HAYWARD,  Milford.     Taught  three  terms.     Mrs.  Wm.  Fairbanks,  Caryville. 

MARIA  J.  HERSEY,*  Bangor,  Me.     No  information.     Deceased. 

MARY  R.  JOHNSON,  Peacham,  Vt.  2.     Not  heard  from. 

NANCY  N.  METCALF,  Holliston.     Not  heard  from. 

M.  ADELINE  MOWRY,  Marlboro.     Not  heard  from. 

CAROLINE  L.  RANDALL,  New  Bedford.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  A.  RUGG,  Sterling.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  James  Butterick,  Sterling. 

SARAH  H.  SHAW,  Bridgewater.     T.  three  years.    Mrs.  Samuel  D.  Hayward,  Bridgewater. 

MARTHA  A.  SMITH,  Dighton.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  J.  TAYLOR,  Plymouth.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  twenty-one  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  36.     DECEMBER  3,  1851. 

JAMES  E.  ALDEN,  Bridgewater.     T.  ten  years.     Salesman.     30  Page  St.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

THOMAS  R.  BRIGHAM,  Bridgewater.     T.  three  terms.     New  Haven,  Franklin  Co.,  Mo. 

WILLIAM  N.  CLARK,  Sandwich.     Not  heard  from.  ' 

S.  E.  D.  CURRIER,  Methuen.     Taught  one  term.     Lawyer. 

JOHN  J.  DANA,  Perry,  Me.     Taught  three  years.     Farmer.     Perry,  Dallas  Co.,  Iowa. 

GEORGE  FARWELL,  Waltham.     Taught  twenty-one  years.     Teaching.     Brockton. 

FRANCIS  W.  GOODALE,  Marlboro'.     Taught  two  years.     Farmer.     Marlboro'. 

LYMAN  LEAVETT,  New  Hampton,  N.  H.     Not  heard  from. 

DANIEL  H.  PRATT,  Easton.     Taught  twelve  years.     Money  Broker.     Denver,  Col. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  forty-nine  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

LUCY  C.  ALLEN,  NorthboroV    Taught  twelve  years.     Mrs.  Powers,  Lansingburgh,  N.  Y. 
ELLEN  S.  BARNES,  Berlin.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  William  H.  Brown,  Princeton. 
SOPHIA  A.  CORNELL,  Dartmouth.    T.  one  year.    Mrs.  Edward  Howland,  So.  Dartmouth. 
SARAH  W.  HOLBROOK,  Northboro'.     Taught  thirteen  years.     Mrs.  Chas.  D.  Litchfield, 

Dorchester. 

MARY  T.  JENNEY,  Middleboro.  i.  T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Theo.  Leonard,  Detroit,  Mich. 
MARY  F.  LOWE,  Boston.     Mrs.  -      -  Green,  Warwick,  R.  I. 
EMILY  M.  MACOMBER,  Dartmouth.     Not  heard  from. 

SUSAN  S.  NICKERSON,  Chatham.     Not  heard  from.     Mrs. Smith,  Chatham. 

CLARA  A.  PARKMAN,  Sutton.     T.  seven  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  D.  C.  Babcock,  Phila.,  Pa. 
SARAH  H.  SANFORD,  Dartmouth.     Taught  seventeen  years.     Mrs.  Archelaus  Baker,  S. 

Dartmouth. 

MARY  U.  F.  SOUTHWICK,  Uxbridge.     T.  four  years.     Mrs.  Cyrus  G.  Wood,  Uxbridge. 
CORNELIA  STRANGE,*  Freetown,    i.   Died  in  Bridgewater,  Feb.  21,  1852. 
HARRIET  M.  TAFT,  Uxbridge.     Taught  four  years.     Address,  Uxbridge. 
SARAH  F.  TAFT,  Uxbridge.     Taught  ten  years.     Address,  Uxbridge. 

Total  of  teaching  for  ten,  68  years.     Average,  7  years. 


78  BRtDGEWATER  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL. 

CLASS  37.     MARCH  24.  1852. 

ISAAC  H.  BULLARD,  Walpole.    2.   T.  one  term.     Meats  and  Provisions.    S.  Walpole. 

WILLARD  S.  COBB,*   Mansfield.     Taught  ten  years  in  Boston.     Died  April  18,  1869. 

CHARLES  W.  PACKARD,  Lancaster,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

NOAH    SHERMAN,  Rochester.     Taught  five  years. 

CHARLES  H.  STANYAN,  Chichester,  N.  H.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

ALBERT  STETSON,  Kingston.  Taught  eighteen  years.  Graduated  at  Harvard  College. 
In  Grammar  School,  three  years.  In  High  School,  two  years.  Has  been  at  State  Nor- 
mal University,  Normal,  Illinois,  thirteen  years. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  thirty-three  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

LYDIA  P.  BROWN,  Nantucket.     Not  heard  from. 

CATHARINE  M.  CLAPP,  So.  Scituate.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  R.  P.  Briggs,  W.  Scitiiate. 

MARY  M.  DANA,  Perry,  Me.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Chas.  L.  Washburn,  N.  Perry,  Me. 

LIZZIE  S.  DIKE,  Stoneham.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Nelson  Parker,  Stoneham. 

ABBY  S.  GILMORE,  Medfield.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

PHEBE  GREENE,  Warwick,  R.  I.     T.  six  years.     Mrs.  Albert  A.  Gamwell,  Providence,  R.  I. 

CATHARINE  M.  HOWE,  Templeton.     Taught  eight  years.     Address,  Templeton. 

LUCY  B.  HOWE,  Templeton.     Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  James  M.  Huie,  Spaclra,  Cal. 

M.  FRANCIS  HURD,*  Brewster.     T.  one  year.     Married  and  died  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ELLEN  L.  LEWIS,  Rochester,  i.  Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  Judah  Hathaway,  Rochester. 

MARY  J.  MEADER,*  Rochester,  N.  H.     Taught  five  years.     Died  June  4,  1861. 

ELLEN  M.  PINKHAM,  Nantucket.     Not  heard  from. 

AMELIA  A.  SIMPSON,  Southbridge.     Taught  twenty  years.    Private  School.    Southbridge. 

FIDELIA  L.  SIMPSON,  Southbridge.     T.  twenty-two  years.    Private  School.    Southbridge. 

JANE  B.  SMITH,  Hanson.     Taught  eleven  years.     Mrs.  F.  F.  Fiske,  Mast  Yard,  N.  H. 

MARY  YOUNG,  Barnstable.  Taught  twenty-three  years  in  Grammar  School.  Bowdoin 
School,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  thirteen,  124  years.     Average,  nine  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  38.     AUGUST  4,  1852. 

WILLIAM  A.  BOLLES,  Marion.     Bloomfield,  Davis  Co.,  Iowa. 

ALPHONSO  B.  BOWERS,  Baldwin,  Me.    i.    T.  seven  years.     Civil  Engineer.     Travelling. 

CHESTER  H.  COMEY,  Foxboro.     T.  eleven  years.     Insurance  Broker.     Cambridgeport. 

JOHN  B.  DIETRICH,  Baltimore,  Md.     i.     Not  heard  from. 

EDWARD  L.  HILL,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.     Attorney  and  Counsellor.     Danvers. 

FRANKLIN  JACOBS,  Hanover.     Not  heard  from. 

JAIRUS  LINCOLN,  JR.,  Northboro'.     Taught  seven  years.     Farmer.     Longmont,  Col. 

BERNARD  PAINE,  Randolph.     Taught  seven  years.     Cong'l  Clergyman.     Foxboro'. 

J.  HENRY  ROOT,  Newbury.     T.  twenty-one  years.     Prin.  High  School.     Bloomfield,  N.  J. 

JAMES  D.  SAVAGE,  Newton.     Not  heard  from. 

O.  LAPRELETTE  WIGHT,*  Medfield.     Taught  one  term.     Died  Sept.  22,  1855. 

ALBERT  WOOD,  Northboro'.     Taught  two  years.     Physician,  Worcester. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  fifty-five  years.     Average,  seven  years. 
ANGELINE  BARNEY,  Nantucket.     Not  heard  from. 
SARAH  J.  BARTLETT,    Northboro.      Taught    fifteen    years.      Teaching  Private   School. 

Westboro. 
ANNIE  H.  BEAUVAIS,  Dartmouth.    I.    Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Henry  B.  Manchester, 

S.  Dartmouth. 

MARY  J.  BIGELOW,  Westminster.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  Joseph  A.  Priest,  Littleton. 
SARAH  A.  BRECK,  Bridgewater.     Address,  Covington,  Ky. 

HANNAH  R.  CHADBOURNE,  Boston.     T.  six  years.     Mrs.  Joshua  R.  Clark,  Reading. 
JANE  T.  FISHER,  Northboro'.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Jairus  Lincoln,  Longmont,  Col. 
ELIZABETH  GARDNER,  Milton,    i.   Taught  nine  years.     Address,  E.  Milton. 


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LUCY  HINCKLEY,*  Barnstable.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Lucy  H.  Backus.     Died,  1872. 
ELVIRA   JOHNSON,  Northboro'.     Taught  twenty-three  years.     Teaching  Family  School, 

Northboro. 

MARIA  D.  KIMBALL,  Andover.     T.  twenty-two  years.     Chapman  School,  East  Boston. 
FRANCES  P.  M'FARLAND.     Not  heard  from. 

HELEN  L.  MUNYAN,  Milford.     Mrs.  Elijah  S.  Mulliken,  Malteville,  N.  Y. 
LYDIA  B.  RING,  Kingston.     Taught  twenty-two  years.     Teaching  in  Kingston. 
LIVONIA  E.  SHAW,  Boston.     Not  heard  from. 
ANGELINE  E.  SMITH,  Medfield.     Taught  one  term. 

ARIADNE  D.  SMITH,  Pawtucket.      T.  seven  years.     Mrs.  Thomas  T.  Smith,  Millville. 
ADELINE  STOCKBRIDGE,*  Randolph.     T.  eighteen  years.     Died  in  Boston,  Jan.  27, 187 1 . 
ELIZABETH  C.  WASHBURN,  Barnstable.  T.  seven  years.     Mrs.  Henry  Norris,  Barnstable. 
MARY  D.  WILLIAMS,  Middleboro'.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  John  H.  Nelson,  Lakeville. 
Total  of  teaching  for  fifteen,  one  hundred  and  forty-five  years.     Average,  ten  years. 

CLASS  39.     JAN.  26,  1853. 

N.  AUSTIN  BURGESS,  Kingston.     Not  heard  from. 

CHARLES  F.  FITZ,  Newton.     Not  heard  from. 

J.  RICHARDSON  FLETCHER,  Chelmsford.     Taught  one  term.     Farmer.   Chelmsford. 

HORACE  A.  POTTER,  Plymouth,  Conn.     T.  three  terms.     Farmer.    Thomaston,  Conn. 

HENRY  F.  SMITH,  Pawtucket.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Dealer  in  Lumber.     Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

HORACE  C.  SNOW,  Newton,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

C.  J.  STEPHENS,  Newton,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

NATHANIEL  WASHBURN*  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Deceased. 

Total  of  teaching  for  two,  two  years.     Average,  one  year. 

HARRIET  A.  BLAKE,*  Abington.     T.  eight  years.     Mrs.  H.  A.  Faunce.     Died  June,  1859. 
RENA  BULLARD,  Franklin.     T.  twelve  years,  Grammar  School  and  Academy.    Franklin. 
SARAH  CRANE,  Berkley.     Taught  twenty-three  years.     Teaching.     East  Freetown. 
MARY  C.  FISHER,  Canton.     Taught  ten  years.     Address,  Canton. 
ANNIE  M.  G.  FULLER,*  Cambridgeport.     Mrs.  Annie  M.  Bisbee.     Deceased. 
OLIVE  G.     HARLOW,  Duxbury.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  T.  B.  Blackman,  Marshfield. 
CAROLINE  B.  HYDE,  Cambridgeport.     i.  Not  heard  from 

ANNA  L.  PIERCE,*  Cambridge.     T.  eight  years,  High  School.     Died,  W.  Cambridge,  1863. 
FRANCES  W.  D.  WASHBURN,  Plympton.     Not  heard  from. 
MARIA  E.  WEBSTER,  No.  Brookfield.     Taught  ten  years.     Address,  Westford. 
OLIVE  F.  WENT  WORTH,  Bridgewater.    T.  three  years.  Mrs.  Melvin  Leonard,  Raynham. 
HARRIET  A.  WORTH,  Nantucket.    T.  twelve  years.    Address,  care  of  E.  R. Worth,  Maiden. 
Total  of  teaching  for  nine,  eighty-seven  years.     Average,  ten  years. 


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MR,   CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION. 


THE  SCHOOL. 

MARSHALL  CONANT,  the  second  Principal  of  the  school,  entered 
upon  his  duties  at  the  commencement  of  the  foriieth  term,  in  August, 
1853,  and  continued  his  service  for  seven  years,  till  July,  1860.  He 
came  to  reside  in  Bridgewater  in  1852,  and  was  employed  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Eagle  Cotton  Gin  Company.  His  interest  in  all  matters 
pertaining  to  education  was  so  great  that  it  very  soon  opened  the  way 
to  a  cordial  intercourse  with  Mr.  Tillinghast,  and  when  the  latter 
resigned  his  position,  he  recommended  the  election  of  Mr.  Conant  as 
his  successor.  Mr.  Conant  brought  to  the  school  a  rich  harvest  of 
ripe  fruits  gathered  in  other  fields  of  labor,  and  immediately  took  up 
the  work  where  his  predecessor  left  it,  and  carried  it  forward.  The 
increasing  demand  for  graduates  with  higher  qualifications,  induced 
many  of  the  students  to  extend  their  course  of  preparation  beyond 
the  year  required  to  be  spent  in  the  school.  In  1854  the  Board  of 
Education  recognized  this  demand  and  passed  a  vote  that  there  should 
be  two  long  terms  a  year,  instead  of  three  shorter  ones,  in  all  the 
State  Normal  Schools,  and  that  pupils  should  slill  be  required  to 
attend  three  consecutive  terms.  This  vote  went  into  effect  in  March, 
1855. 

The  following  extracts  from  the  Circular  of  the  school  indicate  the 
requirements  during  the  last  five  years  of  Mr.  Conant's  administration  : 

Conditions  of  Admission. 

Applicants  for  admission  to  this  School  must  make  an  explicit  de- 
claration of  their  intention  to  become  teachers. 

Males  must  be  at  least  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  females  at  least 
sixteen. 

Each  candidate  for  admission  is  required  to  present  a  certificate  of 
good  moral  and  intellectual  character,  and  must  pass  a  satisfactory 
examination  in  the  common  branches  ;  viz.,  Reading,  Writing,  Spel- 
ling, Defining,  Grammar,  Arithmetic,  and  Geography. 

All  candidates  for  admission  must  present  themselves  at  the  School- 
room at  nine  o'clock,  A.  M.,  of  the  first  day  of  the  Term. 


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Terms. 

The  year  is  divided  into  two  terms.  The  Spring  Term  commences 
on  the  third  Wednesday  of  March  ;  and  the  Fall  Term  on  the  third 
Wednesday  of  September.  Length  of  the  Spring  Term,  nineteen 
weeks ;  length  of  the  Fall  Term,  twenty-one  weeks. 

Course  of  Instruction. 

The  course  of  instruction  embraces  a  period  of  Three  Terms,  and 
the  candidate  for  admission  is  required  to  attend  these  consecutively. 
If,  however,  he  is  found  to  be  qualified  to  enter  advanced  classes,  his 
connection  with  the  Institution  may  be  for  a  shorter  period,  but  not 
less  than  two  terms. 

The  first  term  is  considered  as  preparatory  to  a  strictly  Normal 
course,  to  which  the  two  other  terms  are  specially  devoted.  The 
studies  of  the  first  term  are,  for  the  most  part,  those  usually  taught  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  State.  In  the  other  two  terms,  the  Students, 
besides  attending  to  many  of  the  higher  branches,  learn  the  Theory 
and  Practice  of  Teaching.  Skill  in  acquiring  and  skill  in  imparting 
knowledge  is  a  distinctive  feature  of  the  course. 

Branches  of  the  Course. 

Reading  ;  Writing  ;  Spelling  ;  Etymology  ;  Structure  of  the  Eng- 
lish Language ;  English  Grammar;  Arithmetic;  Algebra;  Geom- 
etry ;  Physiology ;  History  of  the  United  States,  and  General  His- 
tory ;  Geography,  both  Physical  and  Political,  with  the  Construction 
of  Maps  ;  Natural  Philosophy  ;  Astronomy  ;  Surveying  ;  Book-keep- 
ing ;  Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy  ;  Logic ;  Rhetoric ;  Composition ; 
Latin  ;  School  Laws  of  Massachusetts,  and  Constitution  of  the  United 
States.  Also  occasional  lessons  in  Natural  History ;  and  weekly 
lessons  in  Music,  by  a  skillful  teacher. 

Those  who  complete  in  a  satisfactory  manner  the  course  of  Stud- 
ies here  specified,  are  entitled  to  receive  the  Diploma  of  the  Institution. 

Tuition    and   Expenses. 

Tuition  is  gratuitous  to  those  who  design  to  become  Teachers  in 
the  Public  Schools  of  the  State.  To  those  from  other  States,  who 
do  not  become  teachers  in  this,  a  fee  of  ten  dollars  per  Term  is 
charged  for  tuition. 

Board  is  usually  two  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  per  week,  ex- 
clusive of  fuel  and  lights ;  and  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  is  required 
of  every  Student  at  the  middle  of  each  Termi  to  meet  incidental  ex- 
penses. 

It  is  expected  also  that  each  Student  will  furnish  himself  with  a 
copy  of  Lippincott's  "  Gazetteer  of  the  World/'  and  with  some  other 
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smaller  works ;  the  whole  cost  of  which  may  amount  to  seven  dol- 
lars. All  other  Text-books  are  furnished  to  the  Student  free  of  charge. 

Besides  the  Text-books,  the  Institution  furnishes  nearly  five  hun- 
dred volumes  of  valuable  works  for  reference  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  education.  This  collection,  though  small,  is  increasing, 
and  is  rendering  very  essential  service  to  the  Students  of  the  Insti- 
tution. And  we  would  invite  the  friends  of  education  who  would 
like  to  increase  our  means  of  laboring  successfully  to  meet  the  wants 
of  the  State,  to  remember  our  Library  and  Geological  Collection. 
Any  donation  to  these  would  be  most  thankfully  received,  and  put  to 
immediate  use. 

The  School  is  open  at  all  times  to  the  public,  and  the  friends  of 
education  are  made  welcome  within  it. 

Pecuniary    Aid, 

The  State  appropriates  a  thousand  dollars  a  year  for  each  of  the 
Normal  Schools,  to  aid  those  Students  of  the  Commonwealth  who 
find  it  difficult  to  meet  the  expense  of  attending  one  of  these  Institu- 
tions without  assistance.  This  aid  is  not  granted  during  the  first  thir- 
teen weeks  of  the  course.  Afterward,  applicants  for  aid  may  ex- 
pect to  receive  it  as  follows  :  Those  who  reside  not  over  twenty  miles 
from  the  School,  fifty  cents  per  week  ;  those  residing  between  twenty 
and  thirty  miles,  one  dollar;  and  those  over  thirty  miles,  one  dollar 
and  fifty  cents  per  week. 

If,  however,  the  number  of  applicants  in  any  Term  should  be 
greater  than  to  allow  of  these  rates  of  distribution  out  of  the  regu- 
lar appropriation  for  the  Term,  that  amount  will  be  distributed  in 
the  -proportion  of  these  rates. 

Applications  for  this  aid  are  required  to  be  made  to  the  Principal 
in  writing ',  with  good  references. 

Provision  for  pecuniary  aid  was  first  made  April  30,  1853,  by  the  Legislature  passing  a 
resolve  appropriating  one  thousand  dollars  annually  to  each  Normal  School,  —  to  be  paid  from 
the  moiety  of  the  income  of  the  School  Fund  applicable  to  Educational  purposes,  —  to  aid 
those  members  of  the  Normal  Schools  who  find  it  difficult  to  meet  the  expenses  necessa- 
rily incurred  by  attending  the  same,  the  distribution  to  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  after  consulting  the  Principal  of  each  school. 

The  Plan  of  Study. 

From  the  report  of  the  Visitors  of  the  School,  made  December  14, 
1855,  the  following  paragraphs  are  quoted  as  showing  Mr.  Conant's 
views,  and  the  plan  of  study  which  he  arranged  for  the  School. 
This  plan  was  followed  for  five  years. 

"The  arrangement  made  by  the  Board  requiring  two  long  terms  a 
year,  instead  of  three  shorter  ones,  in  the  Normal  Schools,  has  gone 
into  effect  in  this  school  during  the  past  year.  The  longer  period  of 


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study  to  be  pursued  by  the  attendants  at  this  school,  in  addition  to 
other  views  of  progress,  has  required  some  advance  and  extension  in 
the  course  of  study.  An  attempt  has  been  made  to  enlarge  the  scope 
of  these  studies,  so  as  to  adapt  them,  as  much  as  possible,  to  impart 
mental  strength  and  development,  and  an  accurate  and  liberal  cul- 
ture, in  view  of  the  great  object  of  the  school. 

"  No  little  difficulty  has  been  experienced  in  carrying  out,  at 
Bridgewater,  the  expressed  will  of  the  Board  relative  to  having  a 
Model  School  connected  with  each  Normal  School.  Though  the 
citizens  of  the  town  manifest  a  disposition  favorable  to  the  interests 
of  the  Normal  School,  and  this  disposition  is,  we  think,  increasing, 
still,  for  various  reasons,  no  connection  of  the  School  with  any  Town 
School  has  been  formed  that  has  promised  either  permanence  or 
utility.  The  Principal  has  endeavored  to  establish  such  a  connection 
as  would  not  only  be  mutually  agreeable,  but  be  especially  efficient 
in  accomplishing  the  main  design  contemplated  —  the  practical  train- 
ing of  the  Normal  Pupils.  But  his  efforts  have  been  fruitless,  and 
he  has  ventured  to  adopt  certain  methods  of  practical  training  within 
the  Normal  School  itself.  The  Committee  are  of  the  opinion  that 
this  plan  is  worthy  of  special  consideration. 

"In  his  report  at  the  close  of  the  Winter  Term,  in  January,  1855, 
Mr.  Conant  observes  :  '  It  has  been  a  matter  of  much  study  and  in- 
vestigation with  me,  how  to  impart  judicious  instruction  in  respect  to 
teaching  and  management  in  our  common  schools,  —  these  instruc- 
tions having  reference  more  particularly  to  preparing  the  graduating 
class  during  the  last  term  of  their  course.  After  endeavoring  to 
awaken  the  conscience  to  feel  the  responsibilities  and  duties  that  devolve 
upon  the  teacher,  I  have  sought  to  draw  out  the  experience  of  such 
members  of  the  class  as  have  been  engaged  in  the  work.  Here  I 
have  found  materials  that  come  in  naturally  to  deepen  the  interest  in 
these  instructions,  and  apparently  adapted  to  make  them  effectual. 

'I  have  also  selected  individuals  (each  taking  his  turn)  to  give 
exercises  in  teaching  before  the  class ;  after  which  I  have  called  for 
suggestions  and  criticisms  from  its  different  members,  adding  also  my 
own.  In  this  way  there  seems  to  have  been  produced  something  of 
a  very  -practical  and  available  character  to  aid  the  pupils  in  their 
future  work ;  in  its  nature,  however,  not  showy. 

' '  In  respect  to  didactics,  it  has  appeared  to  me  that  they  must  be 
given  more  or  less  at  every  lesson,  and  in  connection  with  the  sub- 
jects in  hand.  Ways  and  methods,  —  authors  and  their  works, — 
seem  to  come  up  then  in  a  natural  course,  and  with  impressive  dis- 
tinctness, and  thus  to  be  of  practical  value.' 

"During  the   succeeding  term,    he   introduced  the   arrangement, 


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since  continued,  by  which  certain  recitations  are  conducted  by  the 
more  advanced  students,  in  the  classes  less  advanced.  This  arrange- 
ment is  noted  in  the  Plan  of  Study  herewith  presented. 

"  In  his  report  at  the  close  of  that  term  in  August,  he  says  :  '  From 
further  experience,  I  am  more  convinced  of  the  adaptation  of  these 
methods  to  giving  instruction  in  regard  to  teaching  and  discipline  in 
our  public  schools.  In  connection  with  the  careful  study  of  the 
School  Laws  of  the  State,  and  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States,  I  find  it  very  easy  to  lead  on  the  minds  of  pupils  to  a  just  con- 
ception of  the  necessity  of  good  government  in  our  schools,  and  of 
the  importance  of  real  character  in  the  teacher.' 

"And  in  a  report  made  a  day  or  two  since,  he  remarks  :  ( So  far  as 
I  am  able  to  judge,  this  course  of  studies  appears  to  be  admirably 
fitted  for  our  special  object  —  that  of  preparing  competent  and  skill- 
ful teachers  for  our  public  schools.  The  feature  of  it,  which  seems 
to  promise  much,  is  that  of  requiring  pupils  by  turns  to  go  thoroughly 
into  the  practice  of  teaching.  This  arrangement  gives  the  Principal 
an  opportunity  of  rendering  more  effectual  aid  in  the  attainment  of 
good  methods ;  and,  in  some  measure,  of  making  the  theory  of 
teaching  become  a  matter  of  life  and  reality. 

"  'As  an  element  looking  to  the  same  end,  and  also  for  securing 
more  practice  in  the  application  of  the  principles  involved  in  the  les- 
sons, I  have  divided  a  large  class  into  sections  of  five  or  six  pupils 
each,  with  a  leading  pupil  for  each  section.  These  leading  pupils 
conduct  a  part  of  the  recitation  in  their  own  sections,  in  the  presence 
of  the  teacher.  This  affords  the  teacher  an  opportunity  to  discover 
the  special  wants  of  each  pupil,  and  to  adapt  his  instructions  accord- 
ingly. The  design  is  to  have  these  sections  different  for  two  or  three 
of  the  branches  pursued,  in  order  to  bring  as  many  of  the  pupils 
as  possible  into  the  actual  business  of  teaching.' 

"A  few  words  may  be  allowed  in  fuller  explanation  of  the  Plan  of 
Study  herewith  presented,  and  in  reference  to  the  method  of  using  it. 

"The  three  terms  of  study  in  the  school,  naturally  occasion  the 
division  of  the  pupils  into  three  classes,  designated  as  Junior,  Middle 
and  Senior.  The  plan  exhibits  the  branches  of  study,  and  the  days 
and  hours  when  they  come  up  in  recitation,  so  that  each  pupil  sees  at 
a  glance  what  his  work  is,  and  when  it  will  be  required.  This  plan, 
in  manuscript,  is  placed  under  glass  in  a  frame.  The  right  side  of 
the  frame  is  so  cut  as  to  allow  a  piece  of  Bristol  board,  on  which  are 
written  the  names  of  certain  advanced  pupils  as  teachers,  at  certain 
hours,  to  be  passed  in  and  out  at  pleasure.  This  piece  of  board  is 
represented  on  the  right  of  the  table  of  studies,  and  is  changed  with 
a  change  of  these  pupils." 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION. 


85 


PLAN    OF    STUDY    AND    INSTRUCTION. 


MORNING. 


HOURS. 

9  to  9  i-4, 

Junior  Class. 
9  1-4  to  10.10,  Arithmetic. 

10  1-4  to  ii.        ist  Latin. 

11  1-4  to  12.       Algebra. 


91091-4, 

9  1-4  to  10  1-2,  Geometry. 


MONDAY    AND  FRIDAY. 

Devotional  Exercises. 


10  3-4  to  12, 


8  1-2  to  8  3-4. 
8  3-4  to  9  1-2, 
9.35  to  10.35," 
10.45  to  I2» 


8  1-2  to  8  3-4 
8  3-4  to  9  1-2, 
9-35  to  IO-35> 

10.45  to  IJ-4°> 
11.45  to  I2- 


Arithmetic. 


Middle  Class. 
Arithmetic. 
2d  Latin. 
Algebra. 


Senior  Class. 
American  History. 
3rd  Latin. 
Polit.  Class  Bk.  or 

Const.  U.  S. 


TUESDAY  AND  THURSDAY. 

Devotional  Exercises. 

Nat.  Phil.          Trigonometry 
and  Optics. 
Arithmetic.       Astronomy. 

WEDNESDAY. 


Devotional  Exercises. 
Physiology.  Logic.  Rhetoric. 

Composition. 
-     Music. 

SATURDAY. 

Devotional  Exercises. 
Physiology.,  Logic.  Rhetoric. 

Algebra.  Algebra.  Geology  and 

Nat.  History. 
Grammar.  Grammar.          Grammar. 

Moral  Philosophy  and  Duties. 


Students  Teaching* 

Miss  Taft,  Arithmetic. 

Mr.  Copeland,  Algebra. 


Mr.  Tourtellotte, 

Geometry. 
Miss  Taft,  Arithmetic. 


Mr.  Crooker,  Physiology. 


Mr.  Crooker,  Physiology. 
Mr.  Copeland,  Algebra. 

Miss  Robbins,  Grammar 


*i  1-2  to  i  40, 


1.40  to  2  1-2 

2.35  to  3  1-4, 

3  1-2  to  4  1-4, 


1.40  tO  2   1-2 

2.35  to  3  1-4, 


Reading. 

Grammar. 

Geography. 


Reading. 
Ment.  Arith. 


AFTERNOON. 

Writing  and  Spelling  every  P.  M. 

MONDAY    AND    THURSDAY. 


Reading. 

Grammar. 

Geography. 


Book-keeping. 
Grammar. 

Geography  or 
Indus.  Drawing. 


TUESDAY    AND     FRIDAY. 

Reading. 


Theory  of  Teach- 
ing  and    School 


3  1-2  to  4  1-4,     Geography.  Geography. 


4  1-4  to  4  1-2, 


Reading. 
Eng.  Lan- 
guage. 

Laws. 

Surveying  and 
Incl.  Drawing. 
General  Exercise,  every  p.  M. 


Miss  Taft,  Reading. 
Miss  Robbins,   Grammar. 
Miss  Robbins,  Geography. 


Miss  Taft,  Reading. 


Miss  Robbins,  Geography. 


*Thesc  are  the  hours  for  the  Winter  Term  ;    those  for  the  Summer  Term  are  a  half  hour  later. 


I 

1 

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86  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL  SCHOOL. 

Progress  of  the  School. 

During  the  sixteen  terms  in  which  Mr.  Conant  had  charge  of  the 
school,  the  appliances  for  school  work  were  much  improved.  He 
secured  the  construction  of  a  large  alcove  for  the  reference  library,  in 
the  south  end  of  the  main  school-room ;  the  addition  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  valuable  books  to  the  reference  library,  and  to  the  library  for 
general  reading ;  a  set  of  full  length  anatomical  plates  of  the  human 
body  ;  large  historical,  geological,  and  geographical  maps  and  charts  ; 
and  valuable  pieces  of  apparatus,  some  of  which  he  invented  and 
constructed.  In  the  latter  part  of  this  period  the  number  of  pupils 
in  attendance  increased  to  nearly  one  hundred,  which  was  more  than 
the  building  could  conveniently  accommodate  More  room  and  bet- 
ter arrangements  were  much  needed,  and  Mr.  Conant  prepared  and 
presented  to  the  Board  of  Education  plans  for  the  enlargement  of  the 
building.  These  plans  were  not  accepted,  but  the  discussion  of  them 
prepared  the  way  for  success  in  providing  for  this  improvement. 

At  the  close  of  the  summer  term  in  1860,  Mr.  Conant  was  com- 
pelled, by  ill  health,  to  resign  his  place.  The  Visitors,  in  their  report 
of  the  school,  speak  of  him  in  the  following  language  :  "  During  his 
long  connection  with  the  school,  Mr.  Conant,  by  his  accuracy  of 
scholarship,  his  skill  as  an  instructor,  his  industry  and  fidelity,  had 
always  secured  and  maintained  the  high  regard  of  the  pupils,  and 
had  given  entire  satisfaction  to  the  Board  of  Education,  and  his  neces- 
sary resignation  of  office  was  universally  regretted." 


MR.    CON  ANT'S    ADMINISTRATION.  87 


A  MEMORIAL  ADDRESS  ON  MARSHALL  CONANT. 

* 

Delivered  by  A.  G.  BOYDEN,  before  the  "  Bridgewater  Normal  Association," 
at  Bridgewater,  July  15,  1874. 

The  Traveller  slowly  wending  his  way  up  the  mountain  side,  often 
passes  from  the  bright  sunshine  into  the  deep  shadow  of  a  massive 
cloud  floating  slowly  along  the  summer  sky  above.  Looking  out 
from  this  shadow  he  sees  with  clearer  vision  the  broad  landscape  in 
the  sunlight  beyond.  As  he  toils  on,  nearing  the  mountain  top  at 
the  close  of  day,  he  enters  a  thick  cloud  which  shuts  from  his  view 
all  below,  and  the  night  hangs  dark  and  heavy  about  him.  When 
the  day  dawns,  and  the  sun  comes  up,  sometimes  the  cloud  that  caps 
the  summit  lifts  for  a  moment,  and  he  catches  a  glimpse  of  the  valley 
in  sunlight  below,  seeming  like  another  world  ;  then  the  cloud  lowers, 
and  all  is  dark  again.  Frequently  in  the  early  morning,  the  clouds 
sink  a  little  below  the  summit,  and  the  light  and  dark  cumulus  masses, 
rolling  arid  surging  in  every  conceivable  variety  of  form,  fill  the 
whole  horizon ;  as  the  sun  tinges  these  heaving  billows,  there  comes 
to  the  eye  of  the  beholder,  a  scene  of  the  most  surprising  grandeur; 
he  can  only  stand  and  gaze,  rapt  in  wonder  at  the  glorious  sight.  As 
the  sun  rises  in  the  heavens,  the  clouds  gradually  descend  the  moun- 
tain slope  and  disappear,  and  the  observer  sees  again  the  broad  earth 
below,  in  the  clear,  bright  morning  light. 

So  the  shadows  come  into  the  light  of  our  lives,  the  lighter,  the 
deeper,  and  the  overwhelming  shadow,  which  makes  all  around 
dark,  until  the  soul  is  lifted  to  see  the  heavenly  light  beyond.  The 
deep  sorrow  which  sooner  or  later  overshadows  every  household 
when  the  loved  ones  pass  to  the  other  shore,  brings  out  in  full  relief 
the  life,  the  character,  the  work,  the  affection,  and  the  joy  of  the 
presence  of  the  departed  one.  We  know  the  richness  of  our  treas- 
ure by  its  loss.  The  light  is  more  brilliant  when  seen  from  darkness. 

The  lights  and  shadows  mingle  in  every  life.  The  great  family  of 
brothers  and  sisters  who  gather  here  in  biennial  convention  cannot 
be  exempt  from  this  universal  experience.  Every  time  we  come 
home,  we  welcome  new  members  of  the  family  and  mourn  the  de- 
parture of  some  who  have  gone  from  earth.  Thirty-four  years  have 
passed,  since  this  Institution  was  opened  to  the  first  class  of  stu- 
dents. Our  Alma  Mater  now  extends  her  sheltering  wings  over  two 
generations.  Father  and  son,  mother  and  daughter,  parents  and 
children  now  sit  side  by  side,  as  members  of  the  Bridgewater  Nor- 


BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

mal  Association.  Eighteen  years  ago  this  month,  the  elder  children 
of  the  family  gathered  here  to  honor  the  memory  of  him,  whose  sig- 
nal ability  and  heroic  fidelity,  laid  broad  and  deep  the  foundations  of 
this  Institution. 

Another  good  and  true  man  came  to  the  head  of  the  school,  took 
up  the  work  and  carried  it  forward.  For  many  years  we  have  lis- 
tened with  delight  to  the  noble  man,  the  warm  friend,  the  beloved 
teacher,  whose  genial  presence  has  always  given  us  such  cordial 
welcome.  Many  hearts  were  gladdened  at  our  last  convention  by 
his  encouraging  words,  while  many  eyes  were  dimmed  with  tears 
because  his  failing  strength  foretold  his  departure.  The  master  has 
called  him  to  his  reward,  and  we  meet  to-day  to  do  homage  to  his 
memory,  and  to  gather  the  lessons  of  faith,  hope  and  love,  which 
were  so  beautifully  exemplified  in  his  life.  The  tributes  of  respect 
and  love  which  we  bring,  I  am  sure  will  be  offerings  from  the  heart, 
for  no  words  of  formal  sentiment  could  be  accepted  in  speaking  of 
one  who  was  ever  loyal  to  truth.  By  the  kind  invitation  of  our  Pres- 
ident, and  because  of  the  intimate  personal  relations  with  Mr.  Conant 
which  it  was  my  privilege  to  hold  for  several  years,  it  becomes  my 
sad,  yet  pleasant  duty  to  introduce  these  memorial  services  by  pre- 
senting a  brief  biographical  sketch  of  our  teacher  and  friend. 

MARSHALL  CONANT,  the  second  Principal  of  this  Normal  School, 
was  born  in  Pomfret,  Vermont,  on  the  fifth  day  of  January,  1801. 
He  lived  seventy-two  years  and  one  month,  and  died  at  Bridgewater, 
Mass.,  on  the  tenth  day  of  Februrary,  1873.  His  father  was  Jere- 
miah Conant,  a  farmer  and  house  carpenter,  who,  in  1780,  went  from 
Bridgewater,  Mass.,  with  several  companions,  and  settled  in  Pom- 
fret,  in  the  wild  Green  Mountain  State.  His  mother,  Chloe  Pratt, 
was  also  from  Bridgewater.  She  was  the  second  wife  of  his  father. 
The  subject  of  our  sketch  was  the  sixth  son  in  a  family  of  twelve 
children,  eleven  of  whom  lived  to  mature  years. 

The  home  of  his  childhood  was  beautifully  situated,  and  should  re- 
ceive a  passing  notice,  for  the,  surroundings  of  the  child  give  direction 
to  the  main  lines  of  thought  and  help  to  determine  the  chief  outlines 
of  character  in  the  future  man.  I  will  briefly  sketch  the  place  as  I 
saw  it  a  few  years  since.  On  the  brow  of  a  high  hill,  a  part  of  one 
of  the  eastern  spurs  of  the  Green  Mountains,  stands  the  plain,  one 
story  farmhouse  in  which  Mr.  Conant  was  born.  As  the  rays  of  the 
rising  sun  woke  the  sleeping  boy  he  could  look  down  a  winding 
valley  to  the  eastward,  and  out  over  hills  and  valleys  beautifully 
wooded,  and  dotted  here  and  there  by  a  farmhouse.  On  the  west 
rose  a  higher  range  of  hills,  down  whose  dark  green,  well  wooded 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION.  89 

slopes,  the  shadows  of  the  flying  clouds  played  with  the  sunlight  in 
the  afternoon,  forming  an  ever-changing  picture  of  great  beauty 
until  the  sun  sank  below  the  horizon.  Then,  on  that  hill-top,  under 
the  open  sky,  in  the  solemn  stillness  of  the  night,  one  could  almost 
hear  a  voice,  saying,  "The  Heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God,  and 
the  firmament  showeth  his  handiwork.  Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech 
and  night  unto  night  showeth  knowledge."  Living  here  in  this  quiet 
home  the  first  twenty-three  years  of  his  life,  with  a  limited  circle  of 
associates,  with  few  books  to  read,  taking  into  his  soul  all  the  beauty 
of  the  earth  by  day,  and  the  glory  of  the  heavens  by  night,  it 
was  the  most  natural  result  that  the  young  man,  with  his  active  brain, 
became  an  ardent  lover  of  nature,  and  found  great  delight  in  study- 
ing the  movements  of  the  heavenly  bodies  and  all  the  varying  phe- 
nomena of  the  heavens. 

"  To  him  who  in  the  love  of  nature 
Holds  communion  with  her  visible  forms 
She  speaks  a  various  language." 

Here  was  the  source  of  that  wealth  of  illustration  which  so  fre- 
quently enlivened  his  conversation  and  teaching. 

The  District  School,  "as  it  was"  furnished  the  rudiments  of  in- 
struction to  the  children  of  the  neighborhood,  and  there,  with 
brothers  and  sisters,  the  boy  took  his  first  lessons,  and  shared  the 
common  boon  of  New  England.  At  ten  years  of  age,  his  help 
upon  the  farm,  in  the  summer  season,  had  become  a  valuable  contri- 
bution to  the  thrift  of  the  family,  so  that  from  ten  to  fifteen  years  of 
age  he  went  to  school  only  the  three  coldest  months  of  the  year,  and 
whatever  else  was  attained  at  this  early  period  was  a  self-achieve- 
ment. 

It  was  the  practice  of  the  father  to  consult  with  each  of  his  sons  in 
respect  to  what  he  desired  to  do  when  he  should  come  of  an  age  to 
act  for  himself.  This  son  early  showed  a  fondness  for  mechanics, 
which  manifested  itself  in  making  numerous  water-wheels  and  wind- 
mills, and  using  them  to  operate  little  trip  hammers,  crank  turners, 
and  saw-mills.  He  decided  to  become  an  Architect,  and  so  it  was 
thought  best  to  adapt  his  "schooling"  to  this  pursuit.  Reading, 
Writing,  and  "  Ciphering "  were  therefore  his  special  branches  of 
study  at  school.  Arithmetic  was  his  favorite  study  ;  English  Gram- 
mar was  excluded ;  Geography  was  not  studied  in  the  common 
schools  at  this  period  An  abridgement  of  Morse's  large  Geography 
was  sometimes  used  as  a  reading  book  by  the  first  class.  From  the 
first  part  of  this  old  book  the  boy  first  gained  faith  in  the  actual  rota- 


BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

tion  of  the  earth  upon  an  axis.  "  The  convincing  argument  for  this 
fact  was  so  mighty  in  the  mind  of  the.  lad,  that  when  it  came  to  his 
mind  he  threw  himself  upon  his  backless  bench,  grasping  around  it 
underneath  to  prevent  being  thrown  off  by  the  newly  felt  movement." 
Here  was  a  pupil  who  appreciated  a  new  idea  when  it  came  to  him. 

His  school  days  ended  with  his  fifteenth  year  and  he  spent  the  win- 
ter following  with  a  house  joiner  in  learning  to  make  doors  and 
sashes.  His  skill  with  tools  enabled  him  soon  to  master  this  branch 
of  business,  and  at  seventeen  years  of  age,  strong  and  healthy,  he 
was  vigorously  at  work  at  his  trade,  receiving  the  full  wages  of  an 
experienced  workman,  and  doing  his  best  to  improve  the  condition  of 
his  family.  When  about  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  took  cold  while 
at  work,  which  resulted  in  a  severe  inflammation  of  the  lungs.  His 
health  gave  way  and  his  hopes  in  the  directions  of  his  aims  were 
blasted.  He  never  fully  recovered  from  the  effects  of  this  illness, 
which  so  nearly  proved  fatal  to  him.  For  four  or  five  years  succeed- 
ing this  failure  of  his  health,  he  was  able  to  do  only  some  slight  me- 
chanical work,  and  occasionally  in  summer  to  guide  the  team  in  the 
field.  He  had  come  to  an  epoch  in  life  which  changed  his  whole 
future  course.  The  deep  sympathy  of  parents,  brothers,  and  sisters 
sustained  him  in  his  weakness.  Unable  to  work  at  manual  labor, 
mental  improvement  was  now  his  aim,  and  he  read  and  studied  all 
that  his  physical  strength  would  allow  between  the  frequent  periods 
of  severe  pain. 

He  took  up  the  study  of  Lindley  Murray's  English  Grammar, 
memorized  and  parsed  Pope's  Essay  on  Man,  mastered  Morse's  large 
Geography,  the  astronomical  part  oi  which  opened  to  him  a  new 
world  of  thought,  which  made  him  all  the  more  ardent  in  his  obser- 
vations of  the  heavenly  bodies.  Pike's  large  Arithmetic,  with  its 
introduction  to  Algebra,  and  Euclid  were  constant  companions ;  the 
latter  he  carried  and  studied  while  driving  the  team  in  the  field.  He 
now  began  to  see  clearly  the  treasures  of  Mathematics  and  Astrono- 
my. "A  few  old  law  books,  the  Bible,  Doddridge's  '  Rise  and  Pro- 
gress,' Watts  and  Milton,  an  English  Dictionary,  and  a  few  school 
books,  were  the  literary  and  light-giving  treasures  of  the  house." 
The  old  Town  Library  furnished  him  a  few  histories  and  biogra- 
phies. To  get  more  books  he  made  a  wooden  clock,  that  was  going 
well  ten  years  after,  and  having  sold  this  for  eight  dollars,  he  bought 
a  few  more  volumes.  In  the  autumn  of  1823,  a  small  comet  made 
its  appearance  in  the  heavens  and  he  immediately  set  himself  to 
compute  its  elements ;  the  great  difficulties  he  met  in  this  effort  led 
him  into  a  successful  study  of  Conic  Sections  and  Planetary  Motion, 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION.  91 

and  kept  his  eye  intent  upon  the  visible  heavens  to  note  the  varying 
aspects  of  the  different  planets. 

His  health  was  now  so  far  restored  as  to  enable  him  to  realize  the 
hope  he  had  cherished  for  the  previous  four  years,  and  he  began  his 
life  as  a  teacher  at  the  age  of  twenty-three,  by  teaching  the  winter 
school  in  his  own  district.  His  wages  were  $12  a  month  ;  he  boarded 
himself  and  took  his  pay  in  corn,  except  a  very  small  sum  coming  to 
the  district  as  its  share  of  the  public  money.  Part  of  his  wages  went 
'to  the  family  ;  part  of  the  corn  he  sold,  and  with  the  proceeds  bought 
a  few  books,  on  Mathematics  and  Astronomy. 

The  summer  following,  he  computed  a  lunar  eclipse,  and  was 
greatly  delighted  to  find  his  calculations  all  verified  when  the  eclipse 
came  ;  soon  after,  he  calculated  a  solar  eclipse  with  the  same  success. 
He  taught  the  same  school  the  next  winter.  This  winter  he  carefully 
studied  the  stars,  noted  his  observations,  and  constructed  tables 
for  a  systematic  method  of  making  his  computations.  In  the  Spring 
he  bought  more  books,  and  entered  upon  the  study  of  higher  Geom- 
etry and  the  Differential  Calculus. 

In  the  fall  of  1825,  he  attended  an  Academy  at  Alstead,  N.  H  ;  the 
following' winter  he  taught  in  East  Alstead,  and  boarded  around  ;  this 
occasioned  much  exposure,  so  that  when  the  spring  opened,  the  diffi- 
culty with  his  lungs  again  appeared,  and  he  was  confined  to  the  house 
by  sickness  a  large  part  of  the  year.  In  January,  1828,  his  father 
died,  he  was  appointed  Administrator  of  the  Estate,  and  the  care  of  the 
family  devolved  chiefly  npon  him,  his  older  brothers  having  married 
and  moved  away.  During  the  summer  of  1828,  he  calculated  an 
Almanac  for  1829,  and  by  the  aid  of  friends,  published  an  edition  of 
10,000  copies,  which  sold  very  readily.  In  the  Autumn,  he  taught 
a  select  school  in  Pomfret.  In  the  winter  of  1829,  he  taught  the 
village  school  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  his  success  encouraged  him  to 
open  there  the  same  year  a  private  school,  for  instruction  in  the 
higher  branches,  which  he  continued  for  nearly  five  years.  This 
period  of  his  life  was  one  of  great  activity.  Needing  apparatus  for 
his  school  which  he  had  not  the  means  to  buy,  he  made  for  himself 
an  electrical  machine,  and  the  Orrery,  which  all  his  subsequent  pupils 
in  Astronomy  so  well  remember.  He  added  to  his  previous  acquisi- 
tions a  knowledge  of  the  French  and  Latin  languages,  in  the  winter 
evenings,  gave  courses  of  lectures  to  his  pupils  and  the  village  people, 
and  continued  his  studies  in  all  directions,  having  obtained  access  to 
the  library  of  Dartmouth  College.  Besides  his  labors  in  teaching, 
he  had  continued  the  preparation  of  an  annual  Almanac  from  1829 
to  1834.  He  was  now  33  years  of  age.  He  says  at  this  time,  "I 


92  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

felt  a  strong  desire  for  better  opportunities  of  development,  I  had  a 
strong  inclination  to  go  to  Massachusetts.  I  wished  to  become  better 
acquainted  with  her  institutions  and  share  the  amenities  of  a  higher 
intellectual  life." 

Early  in  March,  1834,  he  came  to  Boston  and  was  soon  established 
as  a  teacher  in  the  Boylston  Grammar  School  on  Fort  Hill.  He 
secured  a  boarding  place  not  far  from  the  Old  Atheneum,  in  which 
he  spent  three  or  four  hours  a  day,  pursuing  a  course  of  historic  and^ 
scientific  reading.  In  September,  1835,  he  married  Miss  Roxana 
Darling,  one  of  his  former  pupils  in  Woodstock.  After  teaching  two 
years  in  the  Boylston  School  he  took  a  private  school  for  boys,  in 
Roxbury,  in  which  he  remained  for  three  years,  having  a  prosperous 
school  and  a  very  happy  home  among  the  cultivated  people  of  his 
acquaintance.  An  invitation  now  came  to  him  to  take  charge  of  a 
new  Academy  in  Hillsboro,  111.,  which  he  accepted.  In  this  school 
he  found  for  pupils  young  gentlemen  and  young  ladies,  earnest  in  the 
work  of  mental  and  moral  culture.  The  ill  effects  of  the  climate, 
both  upon  himself  and  wife,  induced  him  to  return  to  Boston  after  an 
absence  of  two  years.  Soon  after  his  return  from  the  West  he  was 
invited  to  take  charge  of  the  Academy  at  Framingham,  Mass.  He 
began  his  labors  here  in  September,  1841,  and  continued  them  for 
four  years.  Then  his  health  again  failed  and  he  was  obliged  to  take 
entire  rest  for  several  months,  when  it  was  thought  best  for  him  to 
seek  out-door  employment.  He  obtained  a  position  upon  the  Boston 
Water  Works,  then  just  commenced,  at  the  head  of  the  Typographi- 
cal department.  Here  he  continued  four  years  —  up  to  the  comple- 
tion of  the  works.  The  structure,  as  it  went  forward,  called  for  ex- 
tensive research,  and  presented  many  interesting  problems  in  Hy- 
draulics, most  of  which  came  to  the  hands  of  Mr.  Conant  for  solution. 
Copies  of  these  he  retained  and  afterwards  made  a  book  of  plans  of 
the  whole  work,  which  he  prepared  for  publication.  This  manu- 
script was  destroyed  by  fire  and  could  not  be  reproduced. 

The  next  two  years  he  spent  in  laying  out  and  constructing  the 
railroad  from  Dover  to  Lake  Winnipiseogee  in  New  Hampshire.  On 
the  completion  of  this  work  he  returned  to  West  Newton  for  a  few 
months  and  then  came  to  reside  in  Bridgewater,  in  1852,  where  he 
was  employed  in  connection  with  the  Eagle  Cotton  Gin  Co.  The 
next  year,  Mr.  Tillinghast  resigned  his  position  as  Principal  of  this 
School,  on  account  of  failing  health  and  proposed  the  election  of  Mr. 
Conant  as  his  successor.  He  was  elected  and  entered  upon  his  duties 
in  August  1853,  and  continued  for  seven  years,  till  July  1860,  when, 
both  himself  and  wife  being  much  worn  with  their  arduous 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION.  93 

labors,  he  resigned  his  charge  of  the  School  and  went  to  Grantville 
for  recuperation.  After  resting  here  for  two  years  he  was  called  to 
Washington  in  1862,  by  Commissioner  Boutwell,  to  aid  in  organizing 
the  Department  of  Internal  Revenue.  He  remained  a  most  faithful 
and  efficient  officer  in  this  service  till  the  time  of  his  last  sickness, 
with  the  exception  of  one  year,  when  he  had  a  leave  of  absence. 
He  returned  to  Bridgewater  in  1872,  no  longer  able  to  perform  his 
duties  at  Washington,  his  physical  strength  steadily  declining  under 
a  most  painful  illness.  With  his  mind  still  clear  and  active,  he  con- 
tinued to  work,  and  finished  the  manuscript  for  an  astronomical  pub- 
lication but  a  few  days  before  he  was  released  from  suffering  by  an, 
abundant  entrance  into  the  better  life  beyond. 

His  life  extended  a  little  beyond  the  allotted  period  of  three  score 
years  and  ten,  though  not  full  of  physical  strength,  it  was  full  of 
activity  and  good  fruits.  The  first  eighteen  years,  strong  and  active, 
with  very  limited  opportunities  for  intellectual  training,  he  lived  among 
the  hills,  and  communed  with  nature.  Here  he  observed  and  thought 
for  himself,  learned  the  principles  of  piety  and  a  sacred  regard  for 
truth ;  of  sobriety,  industry  and  frugality,  the  prime  elements  of  a 
good  character.  The  next  five  years,  he  was  nearly  prostrated  by 
sickness,  and  although  periods  of  suffering  were  not  wanting,  nor 
times  of  great  depression  and  discouragement,  yet  his  mind  was 
more  active  than  ever,  and  he  came  to  a  kind  of  calm  sunshine  of 
homing  and  bearing.  Then  he  asked  specially  that  he  might  be 
spared  awhile  to  teach  and  to  do  something  in  the  world.  Length  of 
days  was  granted,  and  he  used  the  time,  strength,  and  opportunities 
given  him  to  the  full  measure  of  his  ability. 

The  next  thirty-seven  years  he  passed  as  a  teacher,  author,  and 
engineer,  alternating  these  vocations  as  the  varying  conditions  of  his 
health  required.  Twenty-six  years  of  this  period  were  devoted  to 
teaching,  and  more  than  two  thousand  pupils  came  under  his  instruc- 
tion. Who  can  measure  the  extent  of  the  influence  of  his  noble 
soul  upon  the  minds  of  those  pupils  ?  He  closed  his  career  of  teach- 
ing when  he  left  this  Normal  School.  He  says,  "  That  period  of 
seven  years  in  charge  of  one  of  the  oldest  Normal  Schools  in  the 
Country,  I  look  back  upon  as  the  culminating  epoch  in  my  personal 
history." 

During  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life,  a  part  of  which  he  sat  at  the 
receipt  of  custom  in  the  National  Treasury,  many  millions  of  the 
public  money  passed  through  his  hands,  but  no  error  nor  discrepancy 
was  ever  found  in  his  accounts.  He  was  not  merely  a  receiver  of 
tribute  money,  but  his  high-toned  patriotism  and  loyalty  strengthened 


94  BRIDGKWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

the  hearts  of  those  who  guarded  the  life  of  the  nation  in  the  days  of 
the  rebellion. 

The  difficulties  with  which  Mr.  Conant  had  to  contend  in  prepar- 
ing for  the  work  of  life,  were  neither  few  nor  small.  But  these  ad- 
verse circumstances  did  not  crush  his  spirit,  nor  prevent  his  doing 
and  rising  in  the  world.  They  only  served  to  develop  his  manhood, 
to  bring  out  those  sterling  qualities  which  constitute  a  truly  noble 
character,  as  they  always  do  in  every  genuine  man.  One  of  the 
most  prominent  traits  of  his  character,  was  his  great  hopefulness. 
He  loved  life,  and  his  imagination  pictured  great  things  to  be  accom- 
plished,— set  before  him  a  high  ideal  of  what  life  should  be.  He 
looked  on  the  bright  side,  and  was  sanguine  of  success  even  to  enthu- 
siasm. This  trait  made  him  a  very  genial  companion.  Scarcely 
less  prominent  was  his  great  perseverance  in  working  out  the  pur- 
pose he  had  formed.  He  was  industrious  and  devoted,  sparing  no 
pains  to  accomplish  his  object.  He  was  never  idle,  and  could  not 
tolerate  idleness  in  others.  He  believed  that  earnest  labor  was  the 
price  of  everything  valuable. 

He  had  great  self-respect  and  fully  respected  others.  He  was  high 
toned  in  all  his  action  and  appealed  only  to  worthy  motives.  He  was 
a  man  of  quick  sensibilities,  keenly  sensitive  to  neglect,  and  would 
not  obtrude  himself  upon  the  notice  of  others.  The  artifices  often 
employed  to  secure  power  and  position  he  could  not  use,  but  was 
content  to  work  on,  believing  that  the  time  would  come  when  the 
result  of  his  labors  would  be  appreciated,  and  that  he  should  not  be 
left  to  want.  He  was  sincere  in  dealing  with  himself  and  with  others  ; 
every  form  of  trickery  and  deception  he  despised.  Remarkable  for 
his  attention  to  the  wants  and  feelings  of  others,  always  courteous, 
entirely  disregarding  his  own  ease  and  comfort  in  his  readiness  to 
promote  the  comfort  and  happiness  of  those  around  him,  he  was  a 
true  gentleman- 

The  crowning  traits  of  his  character,  were  his  love  of  truth  and 
his  faith  ;  he  sought  the  truth  with  his  whole  soul,  both  in  the  works 
and  in  the  Word  of  God.  He  was  a  careful  student  of  the  Bible,  an 
ardent  lover  of  its  teachings.  He  was  a  man  of  the  largest  chanty, 
always  kind  and  liberal  in  his  judgment  of  others.  Though  unwilling 
to  contend  for  place  and  power,  he  was  fearless  in  advocating  the  truth. 
Every  good  work  found  in  him  a  generous  supporter ;  he  wrought 
nobly  for  himself  and  for  others,  but  not  in  his  own  strength  alone. 
He  was  brought  up  in  a  religious  community,  and  before  he  left  his 
native  place  he  came  to  a  hearty  faith  in  a  divine  director  and  guide, 
a  resting  of  the  soul  on  the  Spirit  that  called  it  into  being  and  action. 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION.  95 

While  teaching  in  Woodstock,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  in  that  place,  and  through  life  was  sustained  and 
guided  by  a  living  faith  in  Jesus  Christ  as  a  personal  Savior. 

Of  Mr.  Conant  as  a  teacher,  I  would  gladly  speak  at  length,  but  I 
must  not  trench  upon  the  ground  of  those  who  follow  me,  except  to 
bear  my  personal  testimony  to  the  excellence  of  his  teaching. 
Working  with  him  as  an  assistant  teacher  for  several  years,  I  was  all 
this  time  his  pupil,  for  he  was  constantly  disbursing  to  me  from  the 
rich  gatherings  of  his  varied  experience.  His  whole  mind  and 
strength  were  given  to  his  teaching ;  his  genial  manner,  his  ready 
command  of  language,  and  his  facility  in  illustration,  always  secured 
the  attention  of  his  pupils.  In  his  favorite  studies  of  Mathematics, 
Astronomy,  and  Mechanics,  he  was  very  clear,  definite,  and  original 
in  his  methods.  By  his  fidelity,  his  devotion,  his  enthusiasm,  and 
the  inspiration  of  his  life,  he  was  constantly  drawing  his  pupils  to 
higher  fields  of  thought,  and  higher  attainments.  He  threw  into  his 
.work  the  poetry  of  pure  and  holy  motive.  You  who  have  been  his 
pupils,  as  you  recall  the  old  school-room;  will  think,  I  doubt  not,  in 
the  words  of  another,  "  It  was  good  for  us  to  be  there ;  for  unknown 
to  us,  were  made  therein  three  tabernacles  :  one  for  us,  one  for  our 
school-master,  and  one  for  Him,  who  is  the  friend  of  all  children, 
and  the  master  of  all  school-masters." 

Such  was  the  man,  whose  memory  is  so  precious  1o  us  to-day.  I 
have  sketched  his  life  as  fully  as  I  could  in  so  brief  a  time.  I  have 
weighed  my  words,  that  I  might  speak  the  precise  truth,  and  give 
that  combination'of  truths  which  would  present  the  clearest  and  tru- 
est view  of  the  man.  "The  great  lesson,  the  great  legacy  of  his 
life,"  is,  that  the  love  of  truth,  a  living  faith,  and  hopeful,  persevering 
industry  will  enable  one  to  overcome  all  obstacles,  to  attain  the  full 
stature  of  a  noble  manhood,  according  to  the  measure  of  the  ability 
which  God  has  given,  will  bring  one  to  stations  of  honor  and  useful- 
ness, and  will  leave  a  memory  that  shall  not  perish.  "  What  an  in- 
spiration to  every  youth,  longing  with  a  generous  ambition  to  do 
something  in  the  world,"  is  such  a  life.  Not  a  teacher,  only,  has 
finished  his  earthly  career,  but  one  of  the  best,  the  noblest  of  men. 
Like  a  shock  of  corn,  fully  ripe,  he  was  gathered.  Let  us  bring  to- 
day, our  tributes  of  respect  and  affection.  Let  us  go  hence,  to  imi- 
tate his  virtues,  and  **  let  his  dear  memory  serve  to  make  our  faith  in 
goodness  strong." 


96  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 


A  MEMORIAL  ADDRESS,  READ  BY  ELIZA  B.  WOODWARD, 

Before  the  BRIDGEWATER  NORMAL  ASSOCIATION,  at  Bridgewater,  July  15,  1874. 

When  children,  grown-up,  and  scattered,  go  home  to  the  accus- 
tomed family  festival,  and  gather  about  the  familiar  hearth-stone ; 
after  the  first  warm  greetings,  the  eyes  turn  to  the  vacant  seat,  vacated 
since  their  last  reunion,  then  vainly  wander  in  search  of  the  missing 
one ;  and  the  heart  goes  out  with  longing  inexpressible. 

So,  pupils  and  friends  of  Mr.  Conant,  our  eyes  to-day,  search  in 
vain  for  a  speaking  face  and  a  venerable  form,  with  us  at  our  last 
gathering,  and  our  hearts  turn  to  our  missing  one,  our  teacher,  our 
friend,  our  father. 

We  meet  to-day,  a  bereaved  family ;  we  do  not  hear  his  hearty 
greeting,  his  cheerful,  hope-inspiring  words ;  and  we  look  inqui- 
ringly into  each  others  faces.  And,  because  I  was  here  when  he  went 
away,  and  heard  his  gracious  words  as  he  waited,  ready  and  anxious 
to  "pass  on"  to  the  promised  rest,  you  have  asked  me  to  speak  to 
you  of  him.  I  cannot  do  it  worthily  ;  but  I  cannot  by  refusal,  seem 
unwilling  to  honor  him  dead,  whom  living,  I  esteemed  worthy  of  the 
highest  honor. 

Many  years  of  intimate  acquaintance  in  the  school,  in  his  home,  by 
correspondence,  and  finally  in  the  sick  room,  gave  me  the  rare  priv- 
ilege of  knowing  the  spirit  of  the  man ;  of  learning  the  noble  pur- 
poses which  actuated  him,  and  of  seeing  how  truly  his  life  conformed 
to  his  high  standard.  And,  as  I  have  read  or  listened  to  your  words 
of  grateful  praise,  and  to  those  which  have  come  from  loving  hearts 
all  over  the  country,  I  have  felt  that  the  highest  which  has  been 
spoken  has  not  transcended  what  was  due  to  the  purity,  the  justice, 
the  truth,  the  nobility  of  his  character. 

"  How  rare  and  how  blessed  it  is  to  know  one  of  whom  we  can  say, 
'  I  bless  God  upon  every  remembrance  of  him.'  Such  is  our  bles- 
sedness in  knowing  Mr.  Conant.  We  knew  him  a  Christian  gentle- 
man, true  to  every  relation  in  life.  He  "  cultivated  the  gentle  chari- 
ties,'' and  was  as  exact  in  the  common  duties  which  no  human  eye 
would  note,  as  in  the  most  public,  where  the  eyes  of  the  nation  were 
upon  its  treasure. 

He  possessed  that  broad  and  liberal  culture  which  we  are  accus- 
tomed to  ascribe  to  foreign  travel  and  study.  He  never  went 
abroad,  but,  in  all  the  changes  of  his  varied  life,  he  kept  a  mind 
open  and  receptive.  He  mingled  freely  with  strangers  and  intelligent 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION.  97 

foreigners ;  and  by  a  wide  range  of  social  intercourse,  local  peculiar- 
ities were  lost,  his  character  was  rounded,  and  he  made  so  com- 
pletely a  cosmopolitan,  that  his  nationality  was  frequently  the  subject 
of  question  by  those  who  did  not  know  him  well.  Yet  love  of  country 
was  almost  a  passion  with  him.  He  always  identified  himself  with 
the  community  in  which  he  lived;  and  as  a  citizen,  devoted  himself 
to  securing  the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number,  without  regard 
to  personal  interests.  He  was  a  most  enthusiastic  and  inspiring 
teacher ;  he  was  thorough,  exact,  and  eminently  practical,  and  gave 
a  charm  to  every  subject  which  he  taught  by  the  store  of  collateral 
truths  by  which  he  surrounded  it.  He  gave  his  pupils  glimpses  of 
treasures  which  they  could  mine  for  themselves  in  the  future ;  he 
opened  side-doors  into  choice  museums  free  to  be  explored  by  the 
eager,  curious  student  when  the  opportunity  should  come  ;  so  he  seldom 
failed  to  inspire  his  pupils  with  a  desire  to  obtain  a  high,  liberal  edu- 
cation. 

But  you  knew  him  as  a  teacher  and  a  man  ;  so  I  have  brought 
together  a  few  extracts  from  your  letters  of  sympathy,  which  were 
kindly  furnished  me  by  Mrs.  Conant,  that  your  own  words  may  tell, 
as  they  best  can,  of  the  influence  which  he  had  upon  your  lives,  and 
the  place  he  still  holds  in  your  hearts. 

"  It  is  with  no  hollow  and  idle  voices  that  the  hundreds  of  those 
who  have  been  under  his  charge  at  the  Normal  School  rise  up  and 
call  him  blessed.  Many  a  one  owes  to  him  an  awakening  and  an 
inspiration  which  have  changed  the  whole  current  of  his  thought, 
and  ennobled  his  whole  life.  —  Alfred  Bunker, 

"  I  call  him  father,  for  never,  until  I  came  under  his  paternal  in- 
structions, did  I  have  the  energies  of  my  mind  enlivened,  or  the  dor- 
mant powers  of  my  spiritual  nature  quickened  into  being.  Through 
his  incitement  I  have  been  trying  for  nearly  a  score  of  years  to  be 
more  and  more  a  scholar  and  a  Christian. — Rev.  Nathan  Willis. 

"His  life  impinged  upon  my  own  with  singular  force.  In  my  list 
of  helpers  and  inspirers  he  stands  among  the  highest.  A  tender, 
generous,  courageous  life,  —  a  life  of  steadfast  earnestness  and  deep 
enthusiasm.  Upon  the  moral  side,  his  were  the  loftiest  ideals ;  and 
he  held  his  pupils  to  them  by  spontaneous  attraction  rather  than  by 
any  conscious  effort.  —  Rev.  John  W.  Chadivick. 

"  He  was  my  best  friend  and  did  more  for  me  than  I  can  tell.  He 
was  a  man  of  superior  ability  and  knowledge  :  but,  better  than  this, 
he  was  one  of  the  best  of  men  and  truest  of  friends.  The  happiest 
and  most  profitable  years  of  my  life  were  those  I  passed  with  him. — - 
Edward  Rice. 


98  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

"  I  am  amazed  in  considering  what  Mr.  Conant,  in  his  weakness, 
accomplished.  Ever  since  it  was  my  pleasure  to  know  him,  it  has 
seemed  that  his  life  hung  by  a  very  slender  cord.  That  he  lived  so 
long  was  due,  largely,  to  prudence  and  care ;  yet,  where  do  we  find 
those  who  really  accomplish  so  much?  His  organization  was  ex- 
ceedingly delicate,  but  the  latent  force  within  was  ever  ready  to  be 
kindled  whenever  it  might  tend  to  arouse  some  dormant  intellect,  or 
ian  the  flame  already  kindled  in  some  mind  thirsting  for  knowledge. 
His  life  was  filled  with  work,  but  there  was  that  confiding  trust  in  the 
Good  Being,  that  made  everything  about  him  bright  and  cheerful, 
even  though  the  sky  was  overcast." — S.  Divight  Eaton. 

The  lamented  Prof.  Alpheus  Crosby,  who  knew  him  well,  wrote 
thus  of  him  :  — 

"  It  is  impossible  for  us  to  express  our  high  and  affectionate  appre- 
ciation of  him  who  has  gone  before  us,  —  of  his  mind,  his  heart,  and 
his  life  !  Oh,  that  we  all  might  have  our  work  as  well  done  as  he, 
and  be  as  well  prepared  for  an  exchange  of  worlds  ! 

"Mr.  Conant  was  not  only  a  man  of  remarkable  ability  and  attain- 
ments ;  but,  what  is  much  more,  one  of  the  very  best  men  I  ever 
knew,  '  Good  all  the  way  through  ; '  and,  what  is  not  true  of  all  good 
men,  he  was  a  man  not  only  to  be  esteemed  and  trusted,  but  to  be 
really  loved." 

When  the  news  of  Mr.  Conant's  death  reached  Washington,  a 
meeting  of  the  officers  and  clerks  of  the  office  of  Internal  Revenue 
was  held,  at  which  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted,  express- 
ing profound  sorrow  and  a  sense  of  personal  bereavement,  and  the 
feeling  "that,  in  the  death  of  Marshall  Conant,  the  office  has  lost 
one  of  the  ablest  and  purest  men  that  have  ever  been  connected  with 
it." 

"  Is  he  dead  whose  glorious  mind  lifts  thine  on  high  ? 
To  live  in  hearts  we  leave  behind  is  not  to  die." 

Mr.  Conant  returned  to  Bridgewater  in  his  "Sunset  hour."  He 
had  worked  through  the  early,  clouded  morning ;  in  the  heat  and 
weariness  of  the  noon-tide ;  through  the  long,  long  day :  with  what 
courage  and  hope,  how  joyously  and  successfully*  we  all  know. 
And  when  the  twilight  shadows  began  to  lengthen  about  him,  he 
turned  to  this  as  the  place  where  he  would  review  the  work  of  the 
day,  search  his  own  heart,  and  then  lie  down  for  his  rest. 

He  had  felt  the  burden  of  life  slip  from  his  shoulders,  and  knew 
that  he  should  never  take  it  up  again.  No  one  with  health  and  hope 
of  life  can  realize  what  that  meant  to  him  whose  life  had  been  so  full 
of  joyous  labor,  and  for  whom  this  wonderful  creation  teemed  with 
beauty,  mystery,  and  the  grandest  subjects  of  study. 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION.  99 

But  he  bravely  turned  from  all  which  had  so  gladdened  his  life ; 
and,  with  but  one  earthly  longing  and  regret,  accepted  the  weary 
watching  and  waiting  for  the  dawn  of  the  new  day  whose  sun  should 
never  set.  Those  last  days  of  physical  suffering,  in  which  the  soul 
longed  for  quiet  and  release,  are  sacred ;  but,  as  he  had  been  in  his 
active  life,  so  he  was  now  in  his  weakness,  the  Christian  gentleman, 
—  patient,  thoughtful  of  the  comfort  and  feelings  of  others,  and 
maintaining  always  a  perfect  mastery  over  himself. 

His  mind  was  clear ;  and,  though  his  thoughts  were  reaching  for- 
ward and  taking  hold  of  the  highest  things  of  God,  his  heart  clung 
fondly  to  his  earthly  friends,  and  his  face  responded  to  every  word 
and  look  of  love.  No  friend  or  neighbor  entered  his  room  without 
receiving  the  cordial,  old-time  recognition;  and  many  a  benediction 
fell  from  his  lips  as  messages  of  affectionate  remembrance  were 
brought  to  him  from  the  absent. 

Many  times  during  the  last  blessed  afternoon  of  his  life,  his  lips 
murmured  :  "  The  Lord  will  deliver  him  that  trusteth  in  Him."  "  The 
Lord  will  deliver."  His  deliverance  came,  and  —  "  He  is  not,  for  God 
took  him." 


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ASSISTANT  TEACHERS. 


ALBERT  G.  BOYDEN.  from  August  to  November,  1853. 

EDWIN  C.  HEWETT,  was  appointed  January,  1853,  resigned  December,  1856.  A  member 
of  the  thirty-fourth  class.  Graduated  from  this  school  March  9,  1852.  Taught  in  the  High 
School,  Pittsfield,  one  year.  Assistant  teacher  in  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School,  three 
years.  Principal  of  the  First  Grammar  School,  Worcester,  two  years.  Has  taught  in  State 
Normal  University,  Normal,  111.,  the  last  eighteen  years. 

MRS.  SARAH  M.  WYMAN,  of  Ashby,  was  appointed  Nov.,  1853,  resigned,  February,  1854. 

JAIRUS  LINCOLN,  JR.,  was  appointed  March,  1854,  resigned  July,  1855.  A  member  of  the 
thirty-eighth  class;  graduated  from  this  school,  November  8,  1853;  taught  in  Medfiekl 
the  winter  following  his  graduation ;  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School,  one 
year  and  a  half;  taught  Grammar  Schools  five  years;  now  farmer  and  stock  raiser  in  Long- 
mont,  Colorado. 

LEANDER  A.  DARLING,  was  appointed  September,  1855,  resigned  August,  1857.  A  mem- 
ber of  the  forty-second  class;  graduated  from  this  school,  March  13,  1855;  assistant  in  this 
school  two  years ;  taught  Grammar  Schools,  four  years ;  Principal  Young  Ladies  Institute, 
Charlestown,  nine  years ;  has  been  Principal  of  Normal  School  at  Tougaloo,  Miss.,  one  year. 

BENJAMIN  F.  CLARKE,  was  appointed  December,  1856,  resigned  August,  1857,  A  mem- 
ber of  the  forty-fourth  class.  Graduated  from  this  school,  February  19,  1856;  taught  the 
Hacker  Grammar  School,  Salem,  three  months;  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  State  Normal 
School  eight  months ;  taught  in  Private  School,  Providence,  R.  L,  three  years;  graduated 
from  Brown  University;  has  taught  in  Brown  University  the  last  thirteen  years;  Professor 
of  Mathematics  and  Civil  Engineering. 

ALBERT  G.  BOYDEN,  from  September,  1857,  to  August,  1860. 

ELIZA  B.  WOODWARD,  appointed  September,  1857. '  A  member  of  the  forty-seventh 
class.  Graduated  from  this  school  July  28,  1857  ;  Has  taught  in  this  school  the  last  nine- 
teen years. 

ELIZABETH  CRAFTS,  from  December  13,  1858,  to  February  15,  1859.  A  member  of  the 
thirty-first  class.  Graduated  from  this  school,  March  n,  1851;  has  taught  seventeen  years 
in  Grammar  and  Private  Schools;  now  teaching  in  Grammar  School  in  Maiden. 

WARREN  T.  COPELAND,  was  appointed  March,  1859,  resigned  February,  1860;  A  mem- 
ber of  the  forty-first  class;  graduated  from  this  school,  November  7,  1854;  taught  Gram- 
mar'schools  four  years;  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School  one  year;  taught  in 
Grammar  Schools  seventeen  years ;  Principal  of  Huntingdon  Grammar  School,  Brockton. 

CHARLES  F.  DEXTER,  was  appointed  March,  1860,  and  continued  till  May,  1863.  A 
member  of  the  fifty-second  class.  Graduated  from  this  school  February  21,  1860;  Assistant 
in  this  school  three  years ;  now  Merchant  in  Chicago, 


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ALUMNI    RECORD. 


CLASS  40.     AUGUST  3,  1853. 

WILLIAM  A.  BARRELL,  East  Bridgewater.  Taught  eight  years.  Paymaster.  Everett 
Mills.  Lawrence. 

THOMAS  B.  BLACKMAN,  Pembroke.     Taught  one  year.     Farmer.     Marshfield. 

HENRY  BLANC  HARD,  Charlestown.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Clergyman.     Worcester. 

JOSIAH  V.  BISBEE,  North  Bridgewater.     Not  heard  from. 

WILLIAM  D.  BURDITT,  Northboro'.     Taught  two  years.     Apothecary.     Marlboro', 

JAMES  B.  EVERETT,  Canton.     Taught  five  years.     Physician.     Everett. 

DYER  FREEMAN,  JR.,*  Webster.  Taught  over  seven  years.  Died  in  New  Orleans,  Jan. 
13,  1867. 

HORACE  B.  FULLER,  Lincoln,  Me.     Bookseller.     14  Bromfield  Street,  Boston. 

EBENEZER  GAY,  JR.,  Bridgewater.  Taught  eighteen  years.  Episcopal  Clergyman.  Tom- 
kins  Cove,  New  York. 

EDWIN  GOSS,*  Sterling.     Taught  one  year.     Died  in  Sterling,  December  15,  1857. 

ORANGE  H,  GREEN,  Westminster,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CHARLES  B.  JOHNSON,*  Northboro'.     Taught  seven  years.     Died  May  9,  1864. 

J.  W.  McMAHAN,*  Perry,  Maine.     Died  in  Perry,  Maine. 

JOHN  M.  RICE,  Northboro'.  Taught  twenty-one  years.  In  Public  Schools,  five  years.  In 
Lawrence  Scientific  School,  Cambridge,  three  years.  In  Naval  Academy,  thirteen  years 
Professor  of  Mathematics,  United  States  Naval  Academy.  Annapolis,  Maryland. 

HIRAM  W.  WENTWORTH,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.     Merchant.     New  Bedford. 

GEORGE  WHITAKER,  Needham.  Taught  two  years.  Presiding  Elder,  Methodist  Con- 
ference. Westfield. 

Total  of  teaching  for  thirteen,  seventy-seven  years.     Average,  six  years. 

GRACIA  M.  BEMIS,  Springfield,  Vt.     Mrs.  Abijah  B.  Going.     Springfield,  Vt. 

MARTHA  A.  BRIGHAM,  Bridgewater.  i.  Taught  three  years.  Mrs.  Geo.  A.  King,  Concord, 

ALVIRA  E.  BURDON,  Sutton.    Taught  thirteen  years.     Address,  Whitinsville. 

JUDITH  J.  DERRICK,  Nantucket.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  George  G.  Fish,  Nantucket. 

HELEN  A.  GARDNER,  Nantucket.     T.  eight  years.     Teaching.    Roxbury  High  School. 

LOUISA  JENKINS,  Woolwich  Me.     T.  twelve  years.     Teaching.     Williamstown,  N.  J. 

CAROLINE  L.  JOHNSON,  Northboro'.  Taught  eighteen  years.  Mrs.  Thomas  C.  Holmes, 
Rochelle,  111. 

ABBIE  F.  MILLER,  Northboro'.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  E.  MORSE,  Attleboro'.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Elisha  Crocker,  Jr.,  Brewster. 

CORDELIA  H.  RAYMOND,  Dartmouth.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

HELEN  M.  READ,  Kingston.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Leander  L.  Jones,  W.  Barnstable. 

ELLEN  RIDEOUT,  Salem.     Taught  six  years.     Address,  Salem. 

MARY  E.  SCOTT,  Milford.  Taught  one  term.  Mrs.  William  Tebb,  7  Albert  Row,  Re- 
gent's Park,  London,  England. 

RUTH  A.  THAXTER,  Bridgewater.  2.  T.  one  term.     Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Taylor,  E.  Weymouth. 

JULIA  A.  WENTWORTH,  Bridgewater.     T.  six  years.     Mrs.  Solomon  Keith,  Bridgewater. 

MRS.  JANE  C.  THOMPSON,  Rochester.     T.  twenty-two  years.     Teaching.    New  Bedford. 

Total  of  teaching  for  thirteen,  ninety-one  years.     Average,  seven  years. 


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CLASS  41.     NOVEMBER  30,  1853. 

WARREN  T.  COPELAND,  Bridgewater.     Taught  twenty-two   years,  Grammar,  High  and 

Normal  Schools.     Principal,  Grammar  School,  Brockton. 

LEANDER  WATERMAN,  East  Bridgewater.     Taught  twenty-one  years,  Grammar  Schools; 
Master,  Andrew  School,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  two,  forty-three  years.     Average,  twenty-one  and  one  half  years. 
MARY  F.  BOND,*   Charlton.   Taught  two  years.    Mrs.  F.  J.  Campbell.     Died,  Sept.,  1873. 
SUSAN  H.  GOLEM  AN,  Nantucket.     T.  thirteen  years.    Mrs.  Rev.  S.  D.  Hosmer,  S.  Natick. 
MORGIANA  GUSHING,  Hingham.     T.  one  term.     Mrs.  Luke  H.  Bowers,  N.  Abington. 

Total  of  teaching  for  three,  fifteen  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  42.      MARCH  22,  1854. 

ELBRIDGE  P.  BOYDEN,  Walpole.     Taught  eight  terms.     Farmer.     S.  Walpole. 
HENRY  C.  BULLARD,*  Milford.    Taught  sixteen  years  in  Grammar  Schools.     Died,  1872. 
LEATSTDER  A.  DARLING,    Middleboro'.     Taught    seventeen   years.      Principal,  Tougaloo 

Normal  School,  Miss. 

REUBEN  W.  GUNNISON,  Goshen,  N.  H.     Not  heard  from. 

ALFRED  N.    HARDY,  Greenfield,  N.  H.     Taught  five  years.     Farmer.    Greenfield,  N.  H. 
VIRGIL  THOMPSON,  Middleboro'.     T.  two  years.     Physician.     234  W.   nth  St.,  N.  Y. 

City. 
LEVI  F.  WARREN,  Weston.     Taught  twenty-one  years.     Grammar  Schools  in  Salem  and 

Newton.     Principal,  Grammar  School,  West  Newton. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  sixty-nine  years.     Average,  eleven  and  one-half  years. 
LOUISA  M.  CLARKE,  Canton.     Taught  five  years.     Address,  Hyde  Park. 
EMMA  DAVIE,  Plymouth.     Taught  nineteen  years.     Teaching.     Plymouth. 
LIZZIE  F.  ROBBINS,  Plymouth.     Mrs.  Nathaniel  Morton,  Plymouth. 
ISABELLA  G.  ROBBINS,  Plymouth.     Taught  one  term.     Copyist.    Boston. 
LUCIA    R.   ROBBINS,    Kingston.     Taught  fourteen  years.     Teaching^Grammar  School, 

Toledo,  Ohio. 
REBECCA  D.  ROBBINS,   Kingston.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  L.  W.  Finney,  Plymouth. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  forty-four  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

CLASS  43.     AUGUST  2,  1854. 

GUILFORD  D.  BIGELOW,  Harvard.     Taught  sixteen  years.     Address,  Allston. 
WILLIAM  H.  CUMMINGS,  Holderness,  N.  H.     Taught  eight  years.     Farmer.     Halifax. 
HENRY  T.  PRATT,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Printer.     Bridgewater. 
FRANCIS  TOURTELLOTTE,  Thompson,  Conn.     Physician.   Winona,  Minn. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  twenty-four  years.     Average,  six  years. 
LOUISA  BURRELL,  Quincy.     Taught  six  years.     Clerk,  Quincy  Bank.    Quincy. 
CAROLINE  H.  DARLING,  E.  Constable',  N.   Y.     Taught   five   years.     Mrs.  Edward  G. 

Durant,  Racine,  Wis. 
CAROLINE  E.  DEWING,  Needham.     Taught  twenty  years.  Grammar  Schools.    Teaching. 

South  Framingham. 

EMILY  F.  JOHNSON,  Newburyport.     Not  heard  from.     Mrs.  D.  Ricter,  Williamsport,  Pa 
Total  of  teaching  for  three,  thirty-one  years.     Average,  ten  years. 

CLASS  44.     DECEMBER  4,  1854. 

BENJ.  F.  CLARKE,  Newport,  Me.     Taught  eighteen  years.  High  and  Normal  Schools.  Prof. 

Math,  and  Civ.  Eng.     Brown  University,  Providence,  R.  I. 
WILLIAM  P.  CONANT,  West  Danvers.     Not  heard  from. 
O.  BALFOUR  DARLING,  Lexington.     Taught  five  terms.     Farmer.     Lexington. 


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JOHN  A.  EMERY,  Chatham.     Taught  four  years.     Lawyer.    Pittsburg,  Penn. 
GEO.  W.  LOCKE,  Lexington.     T.  seventeen  years.     Prin.,  Grammar  School.     Fall  River. 
JOHN  NUTTING,  Marblehead.     Taught  nine  years.     Shoe  Business.     Marblehead. 
GRANVILLE  B.  PUTNAM,  N.  Danvers.     Taught  seventeen  years.    Graduated  at  Amherst 

College.     In  High  Schools,  four  years.     In  Grammar,  thirteen  years.      Master,  Franklin 

Grammar  School.     Boston. 
G.  MELVILLE  SMITH,  Boston.     Did  not  teach.     Atty.  at  Law.     St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  'sixty-three  years.     Average,  nine  years. 
SOPHRONIA  A.  BAKER,    Wellfleet.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  C.  W.  Rich,  164  Blooming- 

dale  St.,  Chelsea. 

LIZZIE  B.  CHRISTIAN,  Bridgewater.     T.  four  years.     Mrs.  Wm.  E.  Jewell,  Randolph. 
HARRIET  M.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     2.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Chas.  Jewett,  Bridgewater. 
PAMELA  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  terms.     Music  Teacher.     Bridgewater. 
SUSAN  MORSE,  Weston.     Taught  one  year.     Geneva,  Kane  Co.,  111. 

MARY  W.  PERKINS,  Bridgewater.  T.  seven  terms.  Mrs.  Ezra  Goodspeed,  Bridgewater. 
ARVILLA  L.  ROBINSON,  Bridgewater.  Taught  three  years.  Mrs.  Thomas  L.  Andrews, 

Bridgewater. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  fourteen  years.     Average,  two  years. 

CLASS  45.     MARCH  21,  1855. 

.BENJAMIN  T.  CROOKER,   Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Surgeon  and  Apothecary. 

Bridgewater. 

LABAN  G.  DUNHAM,  Attleboro'.     i.     Not  heard  from. 

JAMES  H.  EATON,  Candia.  N.  H.  Taught  nine  years.  Treas.,  Essex  Bank.  Lawrence. 
HENRY  R.  EDWARDS,  Lincoln,  Me.  I.  Taught  four  years.  Farmer  and  Lumberman. 

Lincoln,  Me. 

WILLARD  S.  EVERETT,  Canton.     Taught  five  years.     Physician.     Hyde  Park. 
JOSEPH  H.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.  2.  T.  three  years  in  Private   School.     New  Orleans,  La. 
L.  VIRGIL  MORSE,  Attleboro'.     Taught  one  term.     Merchant.     Omaha,  Neb. 
FRANCIS  NICHOLS,  Sturbridge.     Taught  two  years.     Physician.     Hoboken,  N.  J. 
E.  F.  SPAULDING,  Francestown,  N.  H.    T.  four  years.   Physician.   7  Princeton  St.,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  twenty-nine  years.     Average,  four  years. 
JULIA  M.  BLAKE,  Framingham.     Not  heard  from. 
MELVINA  R.  BLANCHARD,*  S.  Weymouth.  i.  Died  August,  1855. 
AMANTHA  J.  BORDEN,  New  Bedford,  i.  Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Volney  Tupper,  New 

Bedford. 

MARY  E.  BRADFORD,  Kingston.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Thos.  E.  Lanman,  Brookline. 
HARRIET  CLOUD,*  South  Weymouth.     T.  four  years.     Mrs.  J.  H.  Fairbanks.     Deceased. 
PHEBE  CONANT,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  James  C.  Leach,  Bridgewater. 
SATIRA  W.  CONNER,  S.  Dartmouth.   T.  six  years.   Mrs.  Frederic  S.  Allen,  New  Bedford. 
ANN  MARIA  EATON,  Framingham.     Taught  six  years.     Address,  Framingham. 
MARY  EDSON,  West  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Address,  Bridgewater. 
EMILY  H.  FISHER,  Franklin.     Taught  eighteen  years.     Mrs.  Eben  M.  Swan,  168  Chatham 

St.,  Lynn. 

MARY  A.  HAY  WARD,  Bridgewafer.  Taught  five  seasons.  Mrs.  Lloyd  A.  Field,  Taunton, 
LAURA  D.  HOLMES,  Bridgewater,  T.  eight  years.  Mrs.  Isaac  F.  Kingsbury,  Chestnut  Hill. 
H.  MARIA  LEACH,  W.  Eaton,  N.  Y.  T.  ten  years.  Mrs.  Dr.  Emory  Potter,  Experiment  Mills, 
EUNICE  G.  MACY,*  Nantucket.  2.  Taught  one  term.  Died  March,  1857.  [Pa. 

LYDIA  E.  MORSE,  Rehoboth.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  D.  B.  Walker,  Odell,  111. 
MARY  NICHOLS,  West  Woburn.    T.  sixteen  years.    Teaching,  Bigelow  School.    S.  Boston. 
ADELIA  R.  POOR,*  Lawrence.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Frank  Wood.     Died  Oct.,  1867. 
CAROLINE  SAMPSON,  Bridgewater.     Taught  seventeen  years.    Teaching,  Primary  School. 

Bridgewatdr. 
MARIA  D.  SAMSON,  Pembroke.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Leandej   Waterman,  Boston. 


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104  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

ELLEN  E.  SHEDD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Alfred  F.  Gage,  Waltham. 
MARY  E.  WALKER,  Taunton.   Taught  nineteen  years.   Care  of  Wm.  L.  Walker,  Taunton. 
SARAH  S.  WELD,  Roxbury.     Not  heard  from. 
SARAH  V.  WILDE,  Randolph.      Taught  seventeen  years.     Teaching.    Randolph. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twenty,  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

CLASS  46.     SEPTEMBER  19,   1855. 

ANDREW  M.  FOLGER,  Nantucket.     Taught  seven  years.     Clergyman.     Windsor,  Vt. 
SAMUEL  P.  GATES,  Ashby.     Bookkeeper  and  Treasurer,  Savings  Bank.     Bridgewater. 
EDWARD  R.  HAYWARD,  Easton.     Taught  one  year.     Farmer.     Easton. 
GEQ.  M.  HOOPER,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Brick  manafacturer.     Bridgewater. 
JOHN  HUMPHREY,*  Athol.     Taught  three  years.     Was  fatally  wounded,  and  sunk  with 

the  Cumberland,  Hampton  Roads,  March  8,  1862. 

DAVID  S.  JEWELL,  Newton.     T.  four  years.     Agent  of  Cotton  Mills.     Suncook,  N.  H. 
HENRY  R.  LYLE,  Gloucester.     Taught  two  terms.     Oil  Business.     Titusville,  Pa. 
HOWARD  MORTON,  Plymouth.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Farmer.     Churchill,  Kansas. 
A.  LEWIS  PUTNAM,  Danvers.     Taught  four  years.     Merchant.     Provincetown. 
WALLACE  A.  PUTNAM,*  Danvers.     Taught  two  years.     Major  Putnam.     Died  June  20, 

1864,  of  wounds  received  in  battle. 

LUTHER  RUGG,  2d,*  Sterling.     Taught  ten  years.     Drowned,  Oct.  6,  1867. 
SIMSON  S.  SANBORN,  Abington.    T.  fifteen  years.  Grammar  and  High  Schools.  Barnstable. 
EDWIN  P.  SEAVER,  Northboro'.     Taught  fifteen  years.     Grad.  Harvard  College  ;  Prof,  of 

Mathematics  in  Harvard  College.     Head  Master,  English  High  School.    Boston. 
ELBRIDGE  TORREY,  S.   Weymouth.     Taught   three  years.     Torrey,'  Bright  &  Co.,  350 

Washington  St.,  Boston. 
NATHAN  E.  WILLIS,*    Bridgewater.     Taught  eleven  years.     Graduate,  Amherst  College. 

Sub-Master,  English  High  School,  Boston.     Pastor  Cong'l  Church,  Marion,  Ala.     Died 

Sept.  24,  1874. 

Total  of  teaching  for  fifteen,  seventy-seven  years.     Average,  five  years. 
MARTHA  W.  BARTLETT,   S.   Plymouth.   2.     T.  nineteen  years.     S.  Plymouth. 
ELIZA  H.  CLARKE,  S.  Plymouth.   Taught  six  years.    Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bates,  New  Bedford, 

63  No.  Third  St. 

LIZZY  CLARKE,*  S.  Plymouth.    T.  two  years.     Mrs.  S.  S.  Holmes.     Died  May  21,  1862. 
JULIA  A.  COFFIN,   W.  Tisbury.     T.  eight  years.    Postmistress.     West  Tisbury. 
LUCY  COPELAND,   West  Bridgewater.     T.  fourteen  years.     Teaching.     Campello. 
PERSIS  S.  CROWELL,  E.  Dennis.     Taught  two  years.     Grammar  School.    Mrs.  John  H. 

Addy,  E.  Dennis. 

DELIA  P.  DAY,  Wrentham.     Taught  four  years.     Address,  Spencer. 
FRANCES  A.  DEWEY,   Hanover,  N.  H.    Taught  seven  years.    Mrs.  James  A.  Henderson, 

Jefferson,  Iowa. 
L.  PARTHENA  DEWEY,   Hanover,  N.  H.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Newton  J.  Smith, 

Toulon,  111. 

SARAH  E.  FISHER,  No.  Woburn.  Taught  nineteen  years.  Teaching.  Lewis  School,  Boston. 
ELLEN  M.  HAWES,  No.  Wrentham.  Not  heard  from.  Mrs.  Wm.  Wheeler,  Worcester. 
AMANDA  A.  HOW  LAND,  Saratoga.  2.  Taught  five  years.  Mrs.  Willett  L.  Carroll, 

1 60  Vincennes  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

HARRIET  G.  LASELLE,  Worcester.    2.   Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Charles  Cole,  Taunton. 
J.  C.  MAHAFFEY,  Deny,  N.  H.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  E.  H.  Keith,  Bridgewater. 
MARIA  H.  ORCHARD,*  New  Hamburg,  N.  Y.  i.  Died,  1857. 
MARY  PROCTOR,  E.  Braintree.     Mrs.  Frederic  E.  Fowle,  Arlington. 
SARAH  H.  RUGG,  Sterling.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  Charles  A.  Rice,  Westboro'. 
CAROLINE  E.  SOULE,  E.  Middleboro'.     Taught  twelve  years.     Address,  E.  Middleboro'. 
DELIA  M.  UPHAM,  Nantucket.     T.  seventeen  years.     Teaching.    Comins  School,  Boston. 
CARRIE  F.  WATSON,  Kingston,  R.  I.     Taught  twenty  years.     Address,  Kingston,  R.  I. 
¥  ANN  IE  W.  WEBB,  Belleville,  N.  Y.     T.  six  years.     Address,  105  Elm  St.,  New  Bedford. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eighteen,  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  years.     Average,  nine  years. 


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CLASS  47.     MARCH  19,  1856. 

<;!•'.<>.  B.  BUFFINGTON,  Somerset.     Taught  seventeen  years.     Grammar  Schools.     Atty's 

( Mticc.     Fall  River. 

\V  1 1  .LI AM  DAMON,  Hanson.     Not  heard  from. 

GEO.  GOULD,  Dedham.     Did  not  teach.     Music  Printer.     221  Washington  St.,  Boston. 
T.  W.  J.  HOLBROOK,  South  Braintree.   i.  Not  heard  from. 
CHAS.  H.  PEABODY,  Danvers.     Taught  one  year.     Farmer.     Danvers  Centre. 
AMOS  A.  POPE,*  Danvers.     Taught  seven  terms.     Died,  Sept.  15,  1864. 
WILLIAM  RANKIN,  Jr.,  Rochester.     Taught  thirteen  years,     Farmer.     Brockton. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  thirty-four  years.     Average,  seven  years. 
LYDIA  A.  ARNOLD,*  Norton.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Joseph  Hyde,  Bridgewater.  Died, 

Aug.  29,  1870. 

SOPHRONIA  ATHEARN,  West  Tisbury.     Mrs.  Joel  Nichols,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
JEMIMA  F.  AUSTIN,    Nantucket.     Taught  sixteen  years.     Eleven  years  in  public  schools. 

Principal  Clark  Institute  for  Ladies.     San  Francisco.    228  Capp  St. 

ELLEN  D.  BRIGGS,  Scituate.  2.  Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Luther  Paul,  Newton  Centre. 
MARY  A.  BRIGHAM*  Bridgewater.     Died,  1858. 
HANNAH  C.  BRYANT,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Benj.  T.  Clark,  Boston 

Highlands. 
BETSEY  T.  CAPEN,  Stoughton.     Taught  nineteen  years,  Girls  High  School,  Boston.     Prof. 

of  Chemistry.     Wellesley  College. 

ELVIRA  S.  CRANE,  Dorchester.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  Eben  Bent,  Quincy. 
ELIZA  J.  EVERETT,  Canton.     Taught  five  years.     Canton. 
HANNAH  FAULKNER,*  Maiden.     Taught  one  term.     Died  Jan.  7,  1860. 
SARAH  B.  FISKE,  Medfield.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  Jas.  A.  Laurie,  Duluth,  Minn. 
MARY  R.  FOWLE,*  Woburn.     Taught  one  year.     Died  Dec.  19,  1868. 
M.  MATILDA  FOWLE,  Woburn.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  Frank  C.  Eastman,  Cambridgeport. 
SUSAN  B.  GETCHELL,*  Nantucket.    Taught  twelve  years.    Mrs.  Henry  R.  Lyle.    Died, 

Dec.,  1869. 

MARY  E.  HAWES,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  term.     Mrs.  Willard  A.  Barnes,  Campello. 
LUCY  J.  HAYDEN,*  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Nathan  E.  Willis,  Marion,  Ala. 

Died  Sept.  26,  1874. 
OLIVE  M.    HOBART,    Hingham.     Taught  nineteen  years.     Head  Ass't.,   Russell  School. 

Arlington. 

VIRGINIA  HUGHES,  Bridgewater.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Dr.  A.  Sumner  Dean,  Taunton. 
HARRIET  A.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  years.     Address,  Bridgewater. 
ESTHER  M.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     T.  seven  years.     Mrs.  Lemuel  M.  Keith,  Bridgewater. 
SUSAN  B.  LOUD,  S.  Weymouth.     i.     Not  heard  from. 

RUTH  H.  NICKERSON,   W.   Tisbury.     T.  ten   years.  Mrs.   Edward   Hiller,  Mattapoisett. 
MARY  G.  OSGOOD,  Sterling.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Luther  Rugg,  Sterling. 
REBECCA  D.  ROTCH,   West  Tisbury.     Taught  nine  years.     Address,  West  Tisbury. 
HELEN  C.  SPRAGUE,  S.  Weymouth.  2.  T.  two  years.     Mrs.  James  Tirrell,  S.  Weymouth. 
LUCY  M.  THAXTER,  Bridgewater.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Edward  McS weeny. 
ELIZA  B.  WOODWARD,  Lowell.     T.  nineteen  years.     State  Normal  School,  Bridgewater. 
Total  of  teaching  for  twenty-four,  177  years.      Average,  seven  years. 

CLASS  48.     SEPTEMBER  17,   1856. 

WILLIAM  G.  BRUCE,  Burlington,  Ky.    i.    Not  heard  from. 

MASSED  A  B.  HAWES,*  Stoughton.     Died,  1863,  at  New  Orleans. 

NATHANIEL  B.  HODSDON,  Bethel,  Me.      Taught  six  years.     Prin.  of  all  the  Schools. 

Carmi,  111. 
FREDERICK  C.  SMITH,*  Waterford,  Me.    Taught  four  years.     Died  in  Weston,  W.  Va., 

April  16,  1862. 

LEWIS  H.  SWEET,*  Norton.     Taught  three  years.     Killed  at  Port  Hudson,  June  15,  1863. 
Total  of  teaching  for  four,  thirteen  years,     Average,  three  years. 


106  BRI-DGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

AURINA  BUGBEE,  Worcester.     Taught  six  months.     Mrs.  J.  M.  Atwood,  Chelseat 
CARRIE  F.  CUTTER,  Bridgewater.     T.  six  years.    Mrs.  Orville  Jones,  New  Britain,  Conn. 
LIZZIE  B.  DAY,  Attleboro'.     Taught  two  terms.     Address,  Attleboro'. 
CLARA  E.  FARRINGTON,  Methuen.     Taught  seventeen  years.    Mrs.  Everett  Cummings, 

Malone,  N.  Y. 
EMILY  A.  HANNA,  E.  Randolph.     Taught   eighteen  years.     Grammar'  Schools,   Boston. 

Holbrook. 

ELEANOR  P.  HOOD.   Taunton.     Taught  seventeen  years.     Grammar  School.     Taunton. 
MARY  P.  LACKEY,  Sutton.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  H.  W.  Parkis,  Slatersville,  R.  I. 
CAROLINE    E.    MORRISON,   Farmington,   Me.     Taught  one  year.      Mrs.  Wm.  Randall, 

Farmington,  Maine. 

MARY  H.  PETERSON,  Somerset.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
DEBORAH  ROWLAND,*  Oxford.     No  information.     Deceased. 

NANCY  S.  SMITH,  Waterford,  Me.  i.  T.  one  term.     Mrs.  C.  A.  Libby,  Fort  Fairfield,  Me. 
ABBIE  A.  SWEET,  Norton.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Walker,  S.  Braintree. 
MARY  A.  SWIFT,  Bridgewater.  2.  Mrs.  H.  F.  Barnes. 
SARAH  H.   WIGHT,  Medfield.     Taught  twelve  years.     Address,  Medfield. 
ABBY  W.  WILD,  N.  Easton.     Taught  three  terms.     Mrs.  Henry  A.  Ford,  Brockton. 
AUGUSTA    W.  WILLIAMS,*  Berkley.     Taught   five   years.     Mrs.   Dr.  Virgil   Thompson. 

Died  March  20,  1870. 

PAULINE  T.  WOOD,  Middleboro'.    T.  seventeen  years.     Grammar  School,  Maiden  Centre. 
Total  of  teaching  for  fourteen,  one  hundred  and  four  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

CLASS  49.      MARCH  18,   1857. 

GEORGE  A.  BLACKMER  *  South  Plymouth.     No  information.     Deceased. 

EDMUND  COTTLE,  Chilmark.     Not  heard  from. 

LUCIAN  D.  FAY,  Marlboro'.     Not  heard  from. 

JOHN  H.  FERGUSON,  Chilmark.  i.  T.  four  terms.     Lawyer.     7  Commercial  Place,  N.   O. 

GEORGE  M.  GAGE,  Gorham,  Me.  Taught  eighteen  years  in  High  and  Grammar;  Prin- 
cipal, State  Normal  Schools,  at  Farmington,  Me.,  and  Mankato,  Minn.;  Sup't.  Public 
Schools,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

HORACE  GRAVES,  Marblehead.     T.  five  years.     Lawyer.    361  Fulton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

A.  JUDSON  GRAY,  Tisbury.  2.  Taught  four  years.  Military  Inspector  and  Physician.  Fort 
Laramie,  Wyoming  Territory. 

THOMAS  GURNEY,  2D.,  Hanson.     Taught  six  years.     Merchant.     Atlantic. 

GEO.  A.  HARRIS,  Methuen.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

JOSEPH  W.  JOSSELYN,*  Pembroke.     T.  ten  years.      Died  Oct.  21, 1868,  San  Leandro,  Cal. 

SAMUEL  T.  MERRILL,  Barnstead,  N.  H.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

AUGUSTUS  REMICK,  N.  Bridgewater.     Physician.     Elmwood,  Providence,  R.  I. 

AMOS  T.  RICHARDSON,  Dracut.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

OWEN  B.  STONE,  Sweden,  Me.  Taught  nineteen  years.  In  High  Schools,  ten  years;  in 
Grammar,  nine.  Principal,  Grammar  School.  Salem. 

JOHN.  H.  SUMNER,  Foxboro'.     T.  fifteen  years.    Prin.,  Grammar  School.    E.  Oakland.  Cal. 

D.  CAPEN  WENT  WORTH,  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  seventy-nine  years.     Average,  ten  years. 

JOANNA  L.  BOYDEN,  Medfield.     Not  heard  from. 

PHEBE  W.  BUNKER,  Nantucket.     Taught  seven  years.     Everett  School.     Dorchester. 

ADDIE  0.  COOK,  Provincetown.     Taught  one  term.     Mrs.  A.  L.  Putnam,  Provincetown. 

LYDIA  W.  DERBY,  E.  Randolph.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Benj.  Wallace,  Lockeforcl,  Cal. 

ABBY  J.  ELLIS,  Canton.     Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Snow,  Canton. 

JULIA  A.  ELLIS,  Medfield.     Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  Robert  Pope,  Gardner,  Me. 

MARY  A.  FAY,  Marlboro'.     Not  heard  from. 

SARAH  R.  FRENCH.  E.  Randolph.     Taught  one  year.     Ass't.  Librarian.     Holbrook. 

SUSAN  L.  HAMMOND,  N.  Abington.  2.  T.  one  year.   Mrs.  Geo.  S.Locke,  Lockeford,  Cal. 


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E.  ANGENETTE  KEITH,*  Bridgewater.     I.     Died,  October  27,  1857. 
SARAH  D.  LEAVITT,  Bridgewater.    i.    Taught  one  year.     Address,  Brighton. 
ANNA  M.  NYE,*  New  Bedford,    i.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  T.  G.  Bates.     Died,  1864. 
REBECCA  A.  NICKERSON,  Provincetown.     T.  nine  years.     Mrs.  J.  T.  Small,  157  Marion 

St..  E.  Boston. 

MERCY  M.  RICH,  Provincetown.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  D.  F.  Lewis,  Provincetown. 
MARY  H.  SHAW,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Drane,  Waverly,  Lafayette 

County,  Mo. 

LUCRETIA  S.  SWAIN,  Nantucket.     Not  heard  from. 
REBECCA  J.  STETSON,  N.  Abington.     i.     Not  heard  from. 
SARAH  B.  THOMPSON,  Halifax.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  S.  B.  Baine,  Halifax. 
HANNAH  A.  WASHBURN,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Address,  Bridgewater. 
Total  of  teaching  for  fourteen,  fifty-two  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  50.     SEPTEMBER  16,  1857. 

JEHIEL  BARKER,  Westport.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

GEORGE  A.  BROCK,  Attleboro'.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

ALFRED  BUNKER,  Nantucket.     Taught  fifteen  years  in  Grammar  and  High  Schools.     Sub- 
Master  in  Boston,  seven  years.     Address,  Boston  Highlands. 

JOHN  W.  CHADWICK,  JR.,  Marblehead.     Did  not  teach.     Unitarian  Clergyman.    Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 

A.  SUMNER  DEAN,  Foxboro'.  3.  Taught  three  terms.     Physician.    Taunton. 

CHARLES  W.  FELT,  Salem.     Did  not  teach.     Inventor  and  Journalist.    Harvard. 

WILLIAM  HASKELL,  Beverly.     Taught  fifteen  years.     Address,  Beverly. 

ISAAC  F.  KINGSBURY,  Newton.     Did    not   teach.     Assistant  Adjutant   General,  Mass. 
Rank,  Colonel.    Chestnut  Hill,  Newton. 

VIRGIL  D.  STOCKBRIDGE,  Canton,  Me.     Taught  three  years.     Examiner-in-chief  Patent 
Office.    Washington,  D.  C. 

TILDEN  UPTON,*  N.  Reading.     Taught  six  years.     Died,  1866. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  forty  years.     Average,  five  years. 

REBECCA  ATKINS,  Provincetown.     T.  one  year.     Mrs.  Charles  Loring,  Provincetown. 

MARY  E.  COBB,  Kingston.     Taught  five  years.     Address,  Kingston. 

MARY  F.  GOODELL,*  Woburn.    T.  four  years.    Mrs.  J.  H.  Sumner.     Died  Sept.  28,  1869. 

HARRIET  N.  KINGMAN,  Campello.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Address,  Campello. 

MARTHA  B.  NEWELL,  Bethel,  Me.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  T.  H.  Chapman,  Bethel,  Me. 

EVERLINA  E.  PAGE*  No.  Woburn.  3.  No  information. 

HATTIE  F.  PERKINS,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Geo.  Hayward,  Bridgewater, 

KATE  B.  PILLSBURY,  Lawrence.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  J.  K.  Bragg,    Norfolk. 

LAURA  G.  WILLIS*  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  F.  H.  Ludington.     Died,  1862. 
Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  twenty-four  years.     Average,  three  years. 

CLASS  51.     MARCH  17,  1858. 

WALTER  H.  ALDEN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  seven  years.     Address,  Bridgewater. 

EDWIN  A.  BABCOCK,  Berlin.  2.  Did  not  teach. 

SAMUEL  J.  BLOOD,*  Charlton.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Died  August  30,  1869. 

C.  FREEMAN  CHRISTIAN,  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Address,  Bridgewater. 

FRED.  O.  ELLIS,  S.  Boston.     T.  seventeen  years.     Sub-Master,  Bigelow  School.     Boston. 

WILLIAM  B.  GROVER,  Foxboro'.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Merchant.     Providence,  R.  I. 

GEO.  B.  HANNA,  E.  Randolph.     Taught  four  years.     Mining  Engineer  and  Chemist  of  N. 

C.  Survey.     Charlotte,  N.  C. 

ELLIS  V.  LYON,*  Campello.     Taught  two  years.     Died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  Sept.  24,  1864. 
GEO.  L.  SMALLEY,*  Quincy.     Taught  two  years.     Died  November  23,  1862. 
JOSEPH  A.  TORREY,  Salem.     Taught  two  years.    Furniture  Dealer.     Boston. 
JACOB  P.  WASHBURN,*-  Bridgewater.    2.   Died  Oct.  23,  1859. 


108  BRJDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

AM  AS  A  A.  WHITCOMB,  Berlin,     i.    Taught  three  winters.     Shoemaker.     Berlin. 
ISAAC  W.  WILCOX,  Taunton.     Taught  eleven  years.     Address,  Taunton. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twelve,  forty-eight  years.     Average,  four  years. 

EUNICE  C.  ALDEN,  Bridgewater.     T.  two  terms.     Mrs.  Darius  H.  Dunbar,  Bridgewater. 
JOSEPHINE  B.  ATKINSON,  Orleans.    Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Thwing,  94  W.  Newton  St.,  Boston. 
ESTHER  A.  BOYDEN,  S.  Walpole.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  David  Bentley,  Brookline. 
LUCIA  A.  BRADFORD,  S.  Weymouth.     T.  one  year.    Mrs.  Wm.  Nash,  S.  Weymouth. 
MARY  P.  BUFFINGTON,  Somerset.     Taught  five  years.     Address,  Fall  River. 
LUTHERA  A.  BUMPUS,  S.  Braintree.     2.     Taught  seven  years.     Address,  Quincy. 
OLIVIA  COOK,  Woonsocket,  R.  I.     Not  heard  from. 
EUNICE  W.  FIELD,  Peterboro'  N.  H.     Taught  fourteen  years.     Holmes'  Primary  School, 

Cambridge. 

CAROLINE  F.  FRENCH,  E.  Randolph.     Taught  three  years.     Asst.  Librarian.    Holbrook. 
SOPHIA  H.  FRENCH,  E.  Stoughton.     Taught  sixteen  years.     Teaching.     E.  Stoughton. 
MARY  A.  GROVER,*  Newton.     Did  not  teach.     Died  October  16,  1863. 
MARY  B.  HALL,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  fourteen  years.     Mrs.  Bliss,  Rehoboth. 
MARTHA  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     Taught  fourteen  years.     High  School.     Reading. 
ALMARIA  KINGMAN,  Campello.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  F.  H.  Ludington,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
ANGELIA  MASON,  Bethel,  Me.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Edmund  Clark,  Bethel. 
RUBY  MASON,  Bethel,  Me.   i.  Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  L.  C.  Smith,  Hanover,  Me. 
R.  CHARLOTTE  MOORE,  Lawrence.     T.  six  years.     Mrs.  J.  M.  Whipple,  Lancaster,  N.  H. 
DORCAS  C.  MORRISON,  Londonderry,  N.  H.  3.  Taught  five   years.     Reader.     18  Avon 

Street,  Cambridge. 
LIZZIE  MORRISON,  Londonderry,  N.  H.  Taught  four  years.     Cashier.     18  Avon  Street, 

Cambridge. 
ANN  M.-PENNIMAN,  S.   Braintree.     Taught  seventeen  years.      Master's  Asst.,    Shurtleff 

School.     South  Boston. 

KATE  SMITH,  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  G.  E.  Woodbury,  Brockton. 
S.  AUGUSTA  TOWLE,  Fitchburg.     T.  one  term.     Mrs.  S.  W.  Upton.  W.  Townsencl. 
AURELIA  G.  WHITING,  Scituate.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twenty,  120  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  52.     SEPTEMBER  15,   1858. 

DAVID  BENTLEY,  Upper  Stewiacke,  N.  S.     Taught  sixteen  years.     In  Grammar  and  High 

Schools.     Principal  of  Grammar  School,  Brookline. 
AUGUSTINE  CALDWELL,  Ipswich.     Taught  two  terms.     Clergyman.     82  Portland  St. 

Worcester. 
CHARLES  ¥.  DEXTER,  Mattapoisett.     Taught  three  years  in  Normal  School.     Merchant. 

Chicago,  111. 

HOSAH  G.  GOODRICH,  Danvers.     Taught  fifteen  years.     Prin.  Gram.  School.    Hingham. 
HENRY  T.  HARTWELL,  Amherst.  N.  H.     Taught  seven  years.     Clerk.     257  Washington 

Street,  Boston. 

FRED.  L.  HOLMES,  Plymouth.     Taught  three  years.     Market  Gardener.     Plymouth. 
FRANCES  H.  LUDINGTON,  Boston.     Taught  eight  years.     Merchant.     St.  Louis,  Mo, 
E.  WEBSTER  NUTTER,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Trader.     E.  Bridgewater. 
JONAS  REYNOLDS,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Boot  and  Shoe   Manufacturer. 

Brockton. 

G.  WINSLOW  ROGERS,  Newbury.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
JAMES  B.  RYDER,  Plymouth.     Not  heard  from. 
AUSTIN  SANFORD,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  eleven  years.     Teaching  in  Young  Ladies' 

Academy.   Albany,  N.  Y. 
WALTER  H.  SEAVER,*  Northboro'.     Taught  two  years.     Two  years  in  Harvard  College. 

Died  March,  1867. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eleven,  seventy-three  years.     Average,  seven  years. 


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ELIZABETH  E.    BACKUP,  Roxbury.     Taught  five  years.     Teaching.     Dearborn  School, 

Roxbury. 
MARIA  H.  BLANDING,  Wrentham.    Taught  sixteen  years.     Teaching.    Grammar  School, 

69  Fort  Green  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

NELLIE  S.  BROWN,  Franklin,  N.  H.     Not  heard  from. 
SOPHIA  A.  BURGESS.  Bolton.      Taught  two  terms.      Mrs.  T.  A.  Shedd,  Benedict  St.,  E. 

Somerville. 

SARAH  E.  COBB,*  Marion.     T.  one  year.    Mrs.  Capt.  Benj.  S.  Briggs.     Lost  at  sea. 
MARTHA  B.    CORTHELL,*  Hingham.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Beale.    Died 

Feberuary2i,  1873. 

JANE  E.  GILMORE,  Lowell.     T.  fourteen  years.     Supernumerary  Teacher.    New  Bedford. 
HANNAH  K.  HALL,  Raynham.     T.  seven  years.     Mrs.  Horace. Bradford,  Taunton. 
HARRIET  E.  HOLMES,  Plymouth.    Taught  one  term.    Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Bartlett,  S.  Plymouth. 
MARIA  P.  HOWLAND,  N.  Dartmouth.     Taught  six  terms.     Address,  N.  Dartmouth. 
MARTHA  HOWLAND,  Dartmouth.     Mrs.  Isaac  Howland,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
PHEBE  T.  HOWLAND,  New  Bedford.     Taught  four  years.    Mrs.  Hiram  Wentworth,  New 

Bedford. 

ELIZA  A.  KENDALL,  Ashley.     Taught  thirteen  years.    Grammar  Schools.    Fitchburg. 
MARY  A.  W.  KENDALL,  Ashley.     T.  one  term.     Mrs.  G.  H.  Champney,  Ayer  Junction. 
MARY  LINCOLN,*  Hingham.     Taught  ten  years.     Died  April  7,  1869. 
ELLEN  L.    LINDSAY,    Winchester.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  H.  D.   Sanford,  Bridgewater. 
JULIA  G.  NORTON,    Tisbury.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  William  L.  Holmes,  Long  Plain. 
EMMA  F.  PARISH,  E.  Stoughton.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  W.  W.  Pettengill,  Plymouth. 
MARY  JANE  PATCH,  Ashby.   i.  No  information. 

REBECCA  R.  PETTENGILL,  Lawrence.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  Morse,  Boston  Highlands. 
MARY  A.  RANDALL,  Easton.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  J.  H.  Leach,  22  Tremont  St., Chelsea. 
S.  ELIZABETH  RICE,  Ashby.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Horace  S.  Brooks,  Ashby. 
JULIA  A.  SEARS,  E.  Dennis.     Taught  eleven  years  in  Grammar  and  Normal  Schools;  Nor 

mal  School.     Nashville,  Tenn. 
CLEMENTINA  SWAIN,  N.  Y.  City.    T.  ten   years.     Mrs.  H.  T.  Wing,  147  Pierrepont  St., 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

ANNA  M.  THOMPSON,*  Woburn.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Died  May  2,  1863. 
ORIANA  TIDD,  Stoneham.  i.  No  information. 
S.  MARIA  UPTON,  Townsend.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  A.  A.  Greene,  Ashby. 

Total  of  teaching. for  twenty-three,  one  hundred  and  thirty-four  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  53.     MARCH  16,   1859. 

AUGUSTINE  W.  BISBEE,  Rochester.     Taught  seven  years.     Farmer.     S.  Middleborough. 
JOHN  E.  BRYANT,*  Woburn.     Taught  one  year.     Died  in  Newbern,  N.  C.,  Oct.  i,  1864. 
DAVID  E.  COOK,  Provincetown.  i.  Taught  four  years.     Fisherman.     Chilmark. 
FRANCIS  T.  CRAFTS,  Bridgewater.     Taught  eleven  years.     Farmer.     Milton. 
WILLIAM  K.  CROSBY.  Mattapoisett.     Not  heard  from. 

WILLIAM  G.  FAIRBANK,  Sterling.     T.  six  years.     Sup't,  Reform  School.    Vergennes,  Vt. 
ABRAHAM  G.  R.  HALE,  Stowe.     Taught  three  years.     Lawyer.     15  State  St.,  Boston. 
W.  H.  H.  HASTINGS,  Sterling.     Taught  one  term.     Physician  to  Boston  Dispensary.     128 

Charles  Street,  Boston. 

JOSEPH   W.  HAY  WARD,  Easton.     Taught  two  terms.     Physician.     Taunton. 
WILLIAM  HA  WES,*  Boston.     Taught  one  year.     Died  in  New  York. 
HENRY  C.  HOUGHTON,  Dorchester.     Taught  two  years.     Physician.     50  W.  33d  Street, 

New  York  City. 

WARREN  LEIGHTON,  Windham,  Me.  i.  Taught  four  years.     Farmer.     West  Gray,  Me. 
HENRY  MANLEY,  No.  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Civil  Engineer.     City  Engineer's 

Office,  Boston. 

C  H  AS.  W.  McMAHON,  Plymouth.     Taught  ten  years.     Normal  School.    Waynesboro',  Ga. 
ALONZO  K.  MIRICK,*  Sterling.  2.  Died  Sept.  23,  1862,  Washington,  D.  C. 


110  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

CYRENUS  A.  NEWCOMB,Taunton.     T.  one  term.     Dry  Goods  Merchant.     Detroit,  Mich. 
WM.  H.  OSBORNE,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Lawyer.     E.  Bridgewater. 
BENJAMIN  W.  PARSONS,*  Lynnfield.  2.  Died  August  14,  1864. 

JOHN  W.  PRENTISS,  Webster.  T.  ten  years.  Supt.  Schools.  La  Grange,  Stanislais  Co.,  Cal. 
THEODORE  RODMAN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  seven  years.     Public  School.     Bethel,  Del. 

Co.,  Penn. 

ALBERT  E.  SMITH,  Sharon.     Taught  one  year.     Lawyer.     Box  289,  New  York  City. 
ELISHA  M.  WHITE,  Randolph.     Taught  one  year.     Manufacturer  and  dealer  in  Surgical 

Apparatus.     99  Court  Street,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  nineteen,  seventy-one  years.     Average,  four  years. 
ARABELLA  AMES,  N.  Bridgewater.     Taught  eight  years.     Teaching.     Brockton. 
AUGUSTA  ARNOLD,  N.  Abington.    i.    Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  H.  B.  Pierce,  Abington. 
ADDIE  A.  BAKER,  Brewster.      Taught  ten  years.      Mrs.  Albert  Winslow,  192  Jackson  St., 

Chicago,  111. 

MARY  A.  BURNAP,  Ashby.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  J.  C.  Spaulding,  Holden. 
CLARA  FISKE,  Medfield.     Taught  four  years.    Mrs.  G.  T.  Fletcher,  Castine,  Me. 
ABBIE  S.  HASTINGS,  Sterling.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  J.  E.  Fiske,  Grantville. 
SUSAN  L.  HERSEY,  Hingham.    i.    No  information. 
HANNAH  T.  KINGSBURY*,  Needham.     i.     Died  August,  1859. 

MARGARET  E.  LEFLER,  Hingham.    T.  six  years.    Mrs.  Wm.  E.  Fairbank,  Vergennes,  Vt. 
CORNELIA  ROUNSEVILLE  Rochester.  T.  nine  years.     Mrs.  C.  H.  F.  Church,  Rochester. 
ELLEN  SCOFIELD,    Stoughton.     Taught  five  years.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Norwood,  York,  Me. 
MARY  F.  TAYLOR,  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach.    Mrs.  G.  R.  Drake,  W.  Bridgewater. 
Total  of  teaching  for  ten,  forty-nine  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  54.     SEPTEMBER  21,  1859. 

JOSIAH  F.  BAXTER,  Plymouth.     T.  fourteen  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School.  Winchester. 
WILMON  W.  BLACKMAR,   Boston.     Did   not   teach.     Attorney.     27  Court    St.,   Boston. 

Judge  Advocate  General. 

EDWARD  I.  COMINS,  Charlton.     T.  fifteen  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School.     Worcester. 
JONAS  P.  HAYWARD,  Ashby.     Taught  three  years.     Fruit  cultivator.     Ashby. 
CALVIN  PRATT,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  terms.     Physician.     Bridgewater. 
PETER  C.  SEARS,  Mattapoisett.     Taught  two  years.     Commission  Merchant.    181  Jackson 

Street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 
GEO.  A.  WHEELER,  E.  Bridgewater.     T.  five  years.     Deputy  Sheriff.     E.  Bridgewater. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  thirty-nine  years.     Average,  six  years. 
ELLEN  M.  BALKAM,  Lewiston,  Me.     Taught  ten  years.     Mrs.  Prof.  R.  C.  Stanley.     Bates 

College,  Lewiston,  Maine. 

JANE  F.  BURT,  Berkley.     Mrs.  S.  N.  Grosvenor.     No  information. 

MELISSA  E.  D'ARCY,  E.  Boston.     Taught  fifteen  years.     Teaching  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
ELLEN  M.  HOLMES,*  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten  years.     Died  December  28,  1875. 
SOPHIA  F.  HOWES,  Middleboro'.  2.  Has  not  taught.     Watertown. 
LIZZIE  A.  KINGMAN,  N.  Bridgewater.     Taught  sixteen  years.     Perkins  Grammar  School. 

Brockton. 

MARY  S.  McINTYRE,  Roxbury.  2.  No  information. 

FRANCES  M.  NORTH,  E.  Bridgewater.  2.  Mrs.  A.  C.  Judkins.     147  Beach  St.,  Boston. 
MARY  E.  RICE,  Ashby.  2.  T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Oliver  Baker,  316  Pearl  St.,  Cleveland,  O , 
SUSAN  A.  WILLIAMS,*  Berkley.     Taught  five  years.     Deceased. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  forty-nine  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

CLASS  55.     MARCH  21,   I860. 

CHARLES  M.  BARROWS,  Brimfield.     T.  fourteen  years.     Prin.  High  School.    N.  Easton. 

OTIS  J.  BROAD,  Canton,  i.  Did  not  teach. 

HENRY  L.  CLAPP,  Taunton.     Taught  eight  years.     Lincoln  Grammar  School,  S.    Boston. 


MR.  CONANT'S  ADMINISTRATION.  Ill 

WILLARD  E.  CLARKE,*  Rochester.     Killed  at  Cedar  Creek,  Va.,  Oct.  19,  1864. 

THOMAS  CONANT,  JR.,  E.  Bridgewater.  2.  Physician.   Gloucester. 

GRENVILLE  T.  FLETCHER,  Augusta,  Me.     Taught  fifteen  years.     Prin.  State  Normal 

School.     Castine,  Me. 

AMOS  K.  HASWELL,*  Acushnet.     No  information.     Deceased. 
HENRY  T.  HOWARD,*  Rumford,  Me.     Taught  eight  years.     Died  Nov.  22,  1871,  at  So. 

Paris,  Me. 

GEO.  T.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Civil  Engineer.     Lawrence. 
DANIEL  S.  PILLSBURY,  Hampstead.     Taught  two  years.     Bookseller.     680  Sixth  Ave. 

New  York  City. 

ELIAS  B.  RICHARDSON,  Rumford  Me.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
EDWARD  SOUTHWORTH,  S.  Scituate.  2.  T.  eleven  years.     Sub  Master,  Rice  School, 

Boston.     Quincy. 

THOMAS  H.  WEST,  Randolph.     T.  thirteen  years.  Principal,  Grammar  School.  Randolph. 
CHARLES  H.  WILSON,  Derry,  N.  H.     Taught  twelve  years,  Grammar  and  High  School. 

Lancaster,  N.  H. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twelve,  eighty-three  years.     Average,  seven  years. 
MARIA  Q.  ADAMS,  Sharon.     Taught  five  years.  Mrs.  Erastus  Smith,  Stoughton. 
MARTHA  W.  BROOKS,  S.  Scituate.     T.  thirteen  years.    Ungraded  School.     S.  Scituate. 
REBECCA  C.  BROOKS,  S.  Scituate.     Taught  twelve  years.   Ungraded  School.    S.  Scituate. 
MARY  E.  DOWSE;  Sherborn.     Taught  four  years.     Watertown. 
J,  MARIA  FRYE,*  Boston.  3.  Mrs  James  Mitchell.     Deceased. 

'MARY  E  HAMMOND,  Mattapoisett.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  L.  Pitts,  Jr.,  E.  Boston. 
SARAH  A.  HENSHAW,  W.  Brookfield.    Taught  nine  years.    No.  8  Loudon  St.,  Worcester. 
HATTIE  E.  HILL,  Sherborn.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Edward  Southworth,  Quincy. 
MARY  A.  HOWES,*  Bridgewater.  3.  Died,  Jan.  5,  1869. 

MARY  F.  LEACH,  Bridgewater,     Taught  two  terms.     Mrs.  J.  R.  Tracy,  Raynham. 
ELLEN  LINCOLN,  Hingham.     Taught  fourteen  years.     Address,  Hingham  Centre. 
SARAH  NEWELL,  Dover.     Did  not  teach.     75  Walnut  St.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 
KATE  M.  NOYES,  E.  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Thomas  H.  West,  Brookville. 
SOPHIA  E.  PRATT,  Easton.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  L.  W.  Morse,  Sharon. 
ROSE  A.  ROBERTS,  Biddeford,  Me.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  P.  C.  Sears,  Chicago,  111. 
H.  AUGUSTA  ROBINSON,  Raynham.     T.  one  year.     Mrs.  A.  C.  Soutliworth,  Lakeville. 
ELIZABETH    RODMAN,    Bridgewater.      Taught  three  years.      Mrs.    S.    M.   Colcord,  240 

Shawmut  Avenue,  Boston. 

ROSINE  M.  SMITH,  Medfield.     Taught  six  years.    Mrs.  G.  T.  Higley,  Ashland. 
MARY  A.  THAYER,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  seven  years.     Superintendent  of  Schools. 

W.  Bridgewater. 

EMMA  THOMPSON.  Middleboro'.     T.  nine  years.     Mrs.  L.  A.  Darling,  Tougaloo,  Miss. 
MARION  THOMPSON,*  Middleboro'.     2.     Did  not  teach.     Died  May  28,  1864. 
ANN  M.  WHITNEY,  Sherborn.     Taught  two  years.    Mrs.  Henry  Hooker,  Ashland. 

•Total  of  teaching  for  eighteen,  ninety-nine  years.     Average,    five  and  one-half  years. 


112  BRtDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 


IE.  BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION, 


THE  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS. 

ALBERT  G.  BOYDEN,  the  present  Principal  of  the  school,  was  ap- 
pointed in  August,  1860.  The  number  of  students  had  increased  so 
much,  under  Mr.  Conant,  that  the-school  building  and  its  furnishings 
were  inadequate  to  the  proper  accommodalion  of  the  school.  Plans 
for  the  enlargement  and  improvement  of  the  building  were  prepared 
and  presented  to  the  Board  of  Education.  These  plans  were  ap- 
proved, and  the  Board  made  application  to  the  Legislature  for  the 
necessary  appropriation.  By  a  resolve,  approved  April  1,  1861,  the 
Legislature  appropriated  "  for  the  enlargement  and  repairs  of  the 
Bridgewater  Normal  School  building,  a  sum  not  exceeding  four 
thousand,  five  hundred  dollars."  The  Visitors,  in  their  report  of  the 
school  fqr  1861,  gave  the  following  account  of  the  enlargement: 

"  The  passage  of  the  resolve  showed  an  appreciation  of  the  merits 
and  demands  of  this  school  which,  during  the  twenty-one  years  of 
its  history,  has  enjoyed  a  steady  prosperity,  and  has  educated  1,286 
pupils,  nearly  all  of  whom,  on  leaving  the  school,  entered  the  ranks 
of  teachers.  The  Visitors  of  the  school,  together  with  the  Secretary 
of  the  Board,  were  appointed  a  Building  Committee,  who  have  en- 
deavored to  accomplish  as  much  as  possible  with  the  sum  appropri- 
ated. The  building,  originally,  was  a  plain  structure,  64  feet  long 
by  42  feet  wide,  and  two  stories  high.  To  this  have  been  added  two 
wings,  each  38  feet  long  and  24  feet  wide,  projecting  respectively 
from  the  centre  of  the  sides  of  the  main  building,  and  of  the  same  height 
with  the  main  building.  The  whole  makes  a  structure  so  symmetri- 
cal that,  though  plain  and  unornamented,  it  is  doubtful  whether  any 
more  convenient  plan  for  a  Normal  School  building  could  be  devised. 
Upon  the  lower  floor  are  four  convenient  recitation  rooms,  two  rooms 
that  are  used  for  philosophical  and  chemical  apparatus,  one  room  for 
mineralogical  and  geological  specimens,  and  two  ante-rooms  for  the 
pupils.  In  the  second  story  the  whole  of  the  original  structure  is 
devoted  to  a  school-room,  which  is  63  feet  long  and  41  feet  wide, 
while  opening  from  it  in  one  wing  is  a  spacious  recitation  room  with 
an  adjoining  apartment  that  may  be  used  for  apparatus ;  and  in  the 
other  wing  a  large  library  room,  and  a  teachers'  room. 

"It  has  been  deemed  desirable  that  the  warming  and  ventilation  of 
the  house  should  be  as  nearly  perfect  as  possible.  The  ventilation  is 


MR.  BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  11.3 

/ 

satisfactory,  and  new  furnaces  have  been  set  which  warm  the  entire 
building.  A  forcing  pump  has  been  placed  in  the  well  in  the  cellar, 
with  pipes  and  tanks  to  supply  closets  and  sinks.  The  building  is  of 
wood,  the  foundation  of  stone,  and  it  is  believed  that  all  of  the  work 
is  good  and  satisfactory.  It  has  been  done  under  the  special  super- 
vision of  Mr.  Boy  den,  the  Principal  of  the  School,  whose  interest  in 
the  enterprise  has  led  him,  without  compensation,  to  devote  the  entire 
summer  vacation  of  the  school  to  this  work.  Notwithstanding  this 
enlargement,  the  total  amount  expended  by  the  State  for  the  grounds 
and  building  at  Bridgewater,  is  less  than  the  sum  expended  at  either 
of  the  other  Normal  Schools  in  the  State." 

The  building  was  scantily  furnished  before  the  enlargement,  a  defi- 
ciency which  was  both  more  conspicuous  and  inconvenient  afterward. 
For  many  years  it  had  received  no  addition  to  its  furniture  except  the 
substitution  of  a  good  piano  for  one  nearly  worn  out.  The  Legisla- 
ture of  1862  appropriated  two  hundred  dollars  for  furniture,  which 
was  used  in  procuring  rew  desks  and  chairs  for  the  platform  of  the 
school-room,  and  chairs  and -tables  for  the  class-rooms.  In  1864  the 
school-room  was  furnished  with  new  oak  desks  and  new  chairs,  in 
the  place  'of  the  pine  desks  and  chairs  supplied  in  1846,  and  the 
building  was  repainted.  The  cost  of  these  improvements  was  one 
thousand  dollars.  The  Legislature  of  1866  appropriated  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  which  was  expended  for  chemical  and  philosophical 
apparatus,  and  for  cabinet  cases. 


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BRIDGEWATER    STATE   NORMAL   SCHOOL,    l86l, 


115 

The  Boarding  Hall. — During  the  first  eight  years  of  the  school, 
the  price  of  board  for  the  students  was  $2.00  a  week,  including  wash- 
ing. From  the  end  of  this  period  the  price  gradually  increased  till 
in  1866  it  was  $4.00  and  $4.25  a  week  without  washing,  fuel,  and 
lights.  Board  for  all  the  students  could  not  be  found  at  any  price. 
The  young  men  hired  rooms  for  lodging,  and  formed  a  club  for  table 
board.  The  Principal  was  obliged  to  hire  rooms  and  furnish  them 
with  the  necessary  furniture,  in  which  the  young  ladies  could  board 
themselves,  or  else  allow  them  to  return  home  for  want  of  accommo- 
dations. So  urgent  was  the  need  of  boarding  accommodations  that 
an  effort  was  made  to  form  an  Association  among  the  citizens  of  the 
town  for  providing  a  boarding  house  to  be  rented  for  the  use  of  the 
students.  This  scheme  failed,  and  application  for  relief  was  made 
to  the  Legislature  of  18G7,  by  the  Board  of  Education,  asking  for  an 
appropriation  of  $30,000  for  this  purpose.  The  Committee  on  Edu- 
cation reported  a  bill  for  the  appropriation  of  $15,000  for  the  erection 
of  a  boarding  hall  for  the  school.  This  bill  failed  to  pass  the  House. 

The  Visitors  in  their  report  of  the  school  for  1868,  make  the  follow- 
ing presentation  : — ;'  The  increase  in  the  number  of  pupils  in  atten- 
dance makes  still  more  urgent  the  need  of  providing  better  boarding 
accommodations.  A  very  large  proportion  are  obliged  to  board  them- 
selves, to  the  great  detriment  of  their  health.  And  even  suitable  ac- 
commodations for  self-boarding  cannot  be  obtained.  The  case  is  so 
plain  that  it  does  not  admit  of  doubt.  A  hall  for  the  students  is  an 
absolute  necessity."  A  similar  want  having  been  experienced  at  the 
Framingham  Normal  School,  the  Board  of  Education  made  a  strong 
appeal  to  the  Legislature  of  1869,  and  secured  the  passage  of  the 
following  resolve  : — 

"Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Massachusetts  School  Fund  be,  and  they  hereby 
are  authorized  and  directed,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor  and  Council,  to  loan  from  said 
fund  to  the  Board  of  Education,  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  in  trust,  to  be 
expended  by  said  Board  in  erecting  or  otherwise  providing  and  furnishing  a  boarding  house 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  pupils  of  the  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School ;  also  a  further 
sum,  not  exceeding  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  to  be  expended  for  the  same  purpose,  and  in  like 
manner,  by  said  Board  of  Education  at  the  Framingham  State  Normal  School. 

"  Said  Board  of  Education  shall  collect  from  the  occupants  of  the  houses  so  provided,  in 
addition  to  other  charges,  a  sum  sufficient  to  cover  the  interest  at  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  on 
the  cost  of  said  buildings  and  furniture,  and  a  reasonable  insurance  on  the  same,  and  shall 
pay  over  said  interest  money  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Massachusetts  School  Fund,  semi- 
annually. 

"  If  said  Board  of  Education  shall  fail  to  pay  the  interest  of  said  sums,  as  aforesaid,  then 
the  Commissioners  shall  have  the  power,  and,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor  and  Council, 
shall  sell  said  boarding  houses,  or  either  of  them,  with  the  appurtenances  thereto  belonging, 
and  the  furniture  therein,  and  invest  the  proceeds  of  the  same  as  provided  by  law.  Approrcd 
March  26,  1869. 

The  plans  for  the  building  were  carefully  matured  by  the  Princi- 
pal after  obtaining  information  in  regard  to  the  plans  of  several 


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116  BRIDGliWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

school  boarding  halls  in  different  parts  of  the  country.  After  com- 
pleting the  working  plans,  careful  estimates  of  the  cost  of  the  work 
were  obtained,  which  showed  that  a  building  for  the  accommodation 
of  fifty  students  could  not  be  erected  and  furnished  for  less  than 
$25,000.  Another  application  was  made  to  the  Legislature,  —  the 
length  of  the  session  being  specially  favorable  to  this  object,  —  secur- 
ing an  additional  appropriation,  as  follows  :  — 

"Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Massachusetts  School  Fund  be,  and  they  are 
hereby  authorized  and  directed,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor  and  Council,  to  loan  from 
said  fund  to  the  Board  of  Education,  in  addition  to  the  sums  named  in  the  seventeenth  chapter 
of  the  resolves  of  the  present  session,  a  sum  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars,  for  providing 
and  furnishing  a  boarding  house  for  the  State  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater ;  and  a  sum  not 
exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  for  a  like  purpose  at  the  Framingham  Normal  School ;  said 
loans  to  be  made  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  expressed  in  said  resolve,  chapter  seventeen 
of  the  present  session.  Approved,  June  12,  1869. 

The  work  was  continued  without  delay  and  with  the  following  re- 
sults as  given  by  the  Visitors  in  their  report  of  the  school  for  1869. 

"  The  most  important  event  in  the  history  of  the  school  for  many 
years  past,  has  been  the  erection  during  the  last  year  of  a  boarding 
hall  for  the  use  of  the  pupils.  The  work  on  the  edifice  was  begun 
on  the  18th  of  June,  and  it  was  completed  on  the  20th  of  November. 
On  the  25th  of  the  same  month,  the  management  of  the  establish- 
ment was  organized,  and  the  rooms  were  at  once  filled  with  boarders. 
The  Visitors  of  the  school,  including  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  were 
appointed  by  the  Board  a  Committee  with  full  powers  to  erect  the 
building,  furnish  it,  and  put  it  in  running  order.  This  Committee 
appointed  Mr.  Boyden,  the  Principal,  Superintendent  of  the  work  of 
building  and  furnishing,  and  agent  to  make  all  purchases.  The  ar- 
duous and  responsible  duties  thus  imposed  upon  him  in  addition  to 
his  exhausting  labors  as  Principal  of  the  school,  he  has  performed  in 
an  admirable  manner,  and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  Committee, 
sparing  no  pains  to  secure  the  best  results  at  the  least  expense.  He 
has  rendered  to  the  Committee  a  full  report  of  his  doings  as  Superin- 
tendent, embracing  a  description  of  the  building  and  an  account  of  all 
the  expenditures  which  have  been  incurred  in  its  erection  and  equip- 
ment. 

"  After  careful  deliberation  upon  the  location  of  the  building,  it 
was  decided  to  place  it  upon  the  school  premises,  although  the  town 
of  Bridgewater  offered  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  for  the  pur- 
chase of  any  other  lot  the  committee  might  select  at  that  price.  Sev- 
eral lots  were  examined,  but  the  cost  of  grading  and  fencing  them 
was  so  great  that  they  were  not  available,  for  the  means  at  the  com- 
mand of  the  committee  were  only  sufficient  to  erect  and  furnish  the 
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"The  building  stands  about  seventy  feet  from  the  school  house,  and 
fronting  in  the  same  direction,  near  the  centre  of  the  school  grounds 
which  contain  about  one  and  one-fourth  acres  of  land,  enclosed  by 
fences,  and  ornamented  by  a  variety  of  handsome  shade  trees.  The 
location  proves  to  be  entirely  satisfactory. 

"The  building  is  a  wooden  structure,  40  by  80  feet,  three  stories 
high  above  the  basement,  very  pleasant  and  commodious,  and  neatly 
furnished.  The  basement  story,  one  side  of  which  is  wholly  above 
ground,  contains  the  cellars,  boiler-room,  and  laundry.  The  first 
story  includes  the  family  rooms,  the  parlor,  dining-room,  and  cook 
rooms.  The  remaining  stories  are  divided  into  students  rooms,  10  by 
15  feet  on  the  floor,  and  10  feet  in  height — twenty-nine  in  number  ; 
and  rooms  for  the  help.  The  rooms  are  thoroughly  ventilated,  car- 
peted, and  supplied  with  furniture.  The  whole  building  is  heated 
by  steam. 

"Mr.  Boyden  makes  no  charge  for  his  extra  services  as  superin- 
tendent of  this  work.  The  Visitors  would,  however,  ask  the  Board 
to  refund  to  him  the  amount  of  his  travelling  expenses  while  so  em- 
ployed. 

"  The  boarding  hall  is  now  fully  organized  and  in  successful  ope- 
ration. It  is  already  evident  that  it  will  be  highly  beneficial  to  the 
school.  It  affords  the  young  ladies  in  attendance  good  rooms  and 
good  board  at  $1.25  a  week  less  than  they  have  heretofore  paid  in 
private  families." 

The  Legislature  of  1870  made  an  additional  loan  from  the  school 
fund  to  the  Board  of  Education,  of  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars,  for  completing  the  providing  and  furnishing  of  the 
boarding  hall  at  Bridgewater,  thus  making  the  total  expended  for  this 
purpose,  $26,500.  In  the  same  resolve  a  sum  not  exceeding  six 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  was  loaned  for  the  same  object  for  the 
boarding  hall  at  Framingham,  making  the  total  here  the  same  as  for 
Bridgewater. 

The  boarding  hall  at  Bridgewater  was  the  first  one  erected  by  the 
State  for  a  Normal  School.  When  the  first  three  Normal  Schools  of 
this  State  were  opened,  a  boarding  hall  was  considered  one  of  the 
necessary  buildings.  It  was  now  regarded  a  doubtful  experiment,  as 
clearly  indicated  by  the  resolve  of  the  Legislature  making  the  appro- 
priation. The  interest  on  the  cost  of  this  hall  was  fully  paid  accord- 
ing to  the  conditions  of  the  appropriation.  The  interest  was  not  paid 
at  Framingham,  and  the  Legislature  of  1871  passed  a  resolve  releas- 
ing the  Board  of  Education  from  the  payment  of  interest  on  the 


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amounts  received  from  the  Massachusetts  school  fund  for  the  building 
and  furnishing  boarding  houses  for  the  Normal  Schools  at  Framing- 
ham  and  Bridgewater,  and  from  paying  the  insurance  thereon. 

During  the  Fall  term  of  1870,  less  than  one  year  after  the  opening 
of  the  boarding  hall,  the  School  numbered  142  pupils,  only  54  of 
whom  could  be  accommodated  with  rooms  at  the  hall.  The  pressure 
for  rooms  and  board  was  as  great  as  before  the  hall  was  erected,  and 
required  an  immediate  enlargement  of  the  hall,  but  the  appropria- 
tions made  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Normal  School  at  Worces- 
ter, and  for  a  boarding  hall  for  the  Normal  School  at  Westfield,  made 
it  necessary  to  postpone  this  enlargement  till  1873. 

Enlargement  of  the  School  Building.  The  school  house,  as  well 
as  the  boarding  hall,  was  too  small  for  the  School,  having  room  in 
the  main  hall  for  only  120  pupils.  Additional  class  rooms  were 
needed,  and  more  room  for  cabinets  and  apparatus.  A  resolve  of 
the  Legislature,  authorizing  the  expenditure  of  a  sum  not  exceeding 
fifteen  thousand  dollars,  for  the  enlargement  and  reconstruction  of 
the  building,  was  approved  May  12,  1871.  The  Committee  of  the 
Board  appointed  to  take  charge  of  this  business,  appointed  the  Prin- 
cipal of  the  School  as  their  agent,  to  superintend  the  work  in  all  its 
departments. 

The  plans  for  the  enlargement  were  carefully  matured,  after  visit- 
ing and  examining  several  school  buildings  recently  erected.  The 
building  was  enlarged  by  adding  a  story  sixteen  feet  in  height ;  and 
greatly  improved  in  external  appearance  by  an  observatory  on  the 
centre,  a  new  roof  with  heavier  projections  and  a  new  cornice,  and 
a  band  between  the  first  and  second  stories,  with  quoins  upon  the 
pilasters  on  the  lower  story. 

The  first  story  contains  the  ante-rooms  for  the  students,  four  class 
rooms,  a  chemical  laboratory,  and  a  room  for  philosophical  apparatus. 
Upon  the  second  floor  are  five  commodious  class  rooms,  with  alcove, 
and  cases  for  the  library  and  cabinets.  The  third  story  contains  the 
main  school-room,  —  a  spacious  hall,  well  ventilated,  light,  and  very 
cheerful,  —  the  senior  class-room,  and  the  Principal's  room.  It  is 
now  one  of  the  most  pleasant  and  convenient  school  buildings  in 
the  State. 

The  work  on  the  building  was  commenced  immediately  on  the 
close  of  the  Spring  term,  and  was  so  far  completed  at  the  close  of 
the  Summer  vacation  that  the  School  could  go  on  with  its  usual 
work. 

Steam  Heating  Apparatus.  The  changes  in  the  building  created 
the  necessity  for  new  heating  and  ventilating  apparatus.  Estimates 


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were  obtained  for  heating  and  ventilating  the  building  by  steam,  after 
the  manner  which  had  proved  so  effective  in  the  boarding  hall.  The 
appropriation  was  found  sufficient  to  procure  only  ventiducts  for  this 
plan.  These  were  put  into  the  construction  of  the  building  and  por- 
table furnaces  were  added  for  use  during  the  winter.  During  the 
summer  vacation  of  1872,  a  fire-proof  boiler  house  was  constructed 
in  the  embankment  at  the  southeast  corner  of  the  School  building, 
and  a  complete  steam-heating  and  ventilating  apparatus  was  intro- 
duced, at  a  cost  of  six  thousand  dollars,  the  sum  appropriated  by  the 
Legislature  for  the  purpose. 

Art  Room.  An  appropriation  of  six  hundred  dollars  was  made  by 
the  Legislature  of  1873  for  fitting  up  an  art-room  for  drawing.  This 
sum  was  expended  in  supplying  the  room  appropriated  to  this  purpose 
with  drawing  desks  of  the  most  approved  pattern,  and  drawing 
boards  and  instruments,  together  with  the  valuable  casts  and  models 
which  had  previously  been  imported  from  London,  thus  affording 
excellent  facilities  for  teaching  drawing. 

The  Enlargement  of  the  Boarding  Hall. — At  the  commencement 
of  the  spring  term  in  1873,  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance  was 
150,  and  there  was  as  much  difficulty  in  obtaining  the  requisite  board- 
ing places  outside  the  hall,  as  there  was  to  get  suitable  boarding 
places  before  the  hall  was  built.  The  necessity  for  its  enlargement 
was  evident  beyond  question.  The  Visitors,  in  their  report  to  the  Board 
in  January,  1873,  say  :  "This  is  the  third  time  that  the  request  for 
the  enlargement  of  the  boarding  hall  has  been  brought  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Board.  Last  year  the  request  was  so  far  sanctioned  by 
the  Board  as  to  allow  it  to  go  to  the  Committee  on  Education,  but 
with  the  understanding  that  it  should  not  prejudice  their  request  for  a 
boarding  house  for  the  Westfield  school.  The  Committee  recom- 
mended to  the  Legislature  and  secured  provision  for  the  latter,  only 
thinking  both  projects  too  much  to  undertake  in  one  year.  This  year 
it  is  hoped  that  the  moderate  request  of  Bridgewater  will  at  length 
receive  the  favorable  consideration  both  of  the  Board  and  the  Legis- 
lature." This  hope  was  realized. 

The  Visitors,  in  their  report  for  1874,  present  the  following  state- 
ment:  "The  Legislature  of  1873  made  an  appropriation  of  $36,000 
for  enlarging  and  furnishing  the  building,  and  the  Legislature  of 
1874  passed  an  additional  appropriation  of  $7,600  for  the  introduc- 
tion of  gas  into  the  building,  and  various  other  items  not  provided  for 
in  the  first  estimates.  The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education  and 
Rev.  A.  A.  Miner,  D.  D.,  were  appointed  by  the  Board  a  committee, 
with  full  powers  to  enlarge  the  building,  furnish  it,  and  put  it  in  run- 


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122  BR|DGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

ning  order.  This  committee  appointed  the  Principal  of  the  school, 
superintendent  of  building  and  furnishing,  and  agent  to  make  all  pur- 
chases. The  work  of  enlargement  was  commenced  in  July,  1873, 
and  completed  in  March,  1874.  The  hall  has  been  fully  occupied, 
and  has  been  in  successful  operation  without  any  increase  of  expen- 
ses. Mr.  Boyden,  the  Principal,  deserves  great  credit  for  the  faithful, 
judicious,  and  efficient  manner  in  which  he  has  superintended  all  the 
operations  in  connection  with  the  building  of  the  boarding  hall,  with- 
out any  extra  compensation." 

The  plans  for  enlargement  extended  the  building  so  far  that  there 
was  not  room  for  a  carriage  way  between  it  and  the  south  line  of  the 
school  lot.  The  town  of  Bridgewater  generously  donated  to  the 
Commonwealth  from  their  adjoining  school  lot,  a  strip  of  land  twenty 
feet  wide,  and  three  hundred  and  twenty  feet  long,  which  gave  room 
for  easy  and  convenient  approach  to  the  south  front  of  the  hall. 

The  enlargement  was  made  by  adding  to  the  south  end  of  the  orig- 
inal structure  another  building,  132  by  40  feet,  the  wings  extending 
from  the  hall  46  feet  on  each  side.  A  piazza  extends  across  the  end 
of  the  hall  on  the  south  front,  and  a  large  cupola  affords  a  fine  out- 
look over  the  surrounding  region.  The  hall  is  very  pleasant  and 
commodious,  and  will  accommodate  one  hundred  and  forty  students 
with  rooms  and  board.  Two  students  occupy  one  room.  Each 
room  has  two  closets,  is  carpeted,  supplied  with  furniture,  including 
mattress  and  pillows,  heated  by  steam,  lighted  by  gas,  and  thoroughly 
ventilated.  One  wing  of  the  hall  is  occupied  by  gentlemen. 

The  hall  is  under  the  charge  of  the  Principal,  who  resides  in  the 
house  and  boards  with  the  students.  No  pains  are  spared  to  make 
the  Hall  in  every  respect  a  home  for  the  pupils.  It  has  a  beautiful 
location,  and  every  room  is  pleasant.  A  Reading  Room, —  supplied 
with  newspapers,  periodicals,  and  some  of  the  best  new  books, —  and 
a  Gymnasium,  are  provided  for  the  daily  use  of  the  students. 

The  Hall  was  built  and  furnished  by  the  State.  The  boarders  are 
to  pay  the  current  expenses,  which  include  board,  fuel,  light,  wash- 
ing, and  the  expense  of  keeping  the  Hall  and  its  furniture  in  good 
condition.  The  aim  is,  to  make  these  expenses  not  more  than  $80  a 
term,  or  $4  a  week,  for  gentlemen ;  and  for  ladies  not  more  than 
$75  a  term,  or  $3.75  a  week.  Boarders  who  remain  for  any  period 
less  than  half  a  term  will  be  charged  25  cents  a  week  additional. 
The  expense  thus  far  has  not  exceeded  the  sum  specified. 

Payments.  $40  for  each  gentleman,  and  $37.50  for  each  lady,  at 
the  beginning  of  the  term  ;  and  the  same  amount  for  each  at  the 
middle  of  the  term.  The  object  of  this  payment  in  advance  is,  to 


MR.   BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  123 

secure  the  purchase  of  supplies  at  wholesale  cash  prices,  thereby 
saving  to  each  boarder  much  more  than  the  interest  of  the  money 
advanced. 

Furniture.  Each  boarder  is  required  to  bring  bedding,  towels, 
napkins  and  napkin-ring,  and  clothes  bags.  Each  occupant  will 
want,  ordinarily,  four  pillow  cases,  three  sheets,  two  blankets  or 
their  equivalent,  and  one  coverlet,  for  a  double  bed.  It  is  required 
that  every  article  which  goes  to  the  laundry  be  distinctly  and  indeli- 
bly marked  with  the  owner's  name. 

The  hall  has  been  in  successful  operation  for  nearly  seven  years. 
There  is  no  longer  any  question  concerning  its  utility.  The  habits 
of  regularity,  cheerful  work,  full  occupation,  with  proper  recreation, 
which  are  here  inculcated,  tend  to  the  improvement  of  both  body  and 
mind.  It  has  contributed  very  much  to  the  size,  health,  happiness, 
and  vigor  of  the  School.  The  total  expenditure  by  the  State  for  the 
hall  is  $70,100. 

The  Chemical  Laboratory.  The  appropriation  of  one  thousand 
dollars,  made  by  the  Legislature  of  1875,  for  fitting  and  furnishing  a 
chemical  laboratory,  and  for  chemicals  and  apparatus,  was  expended 
for  this  purpose.  The  School  has  now  an  excellent  laboratory,  com- 
bining the  most  approved  modern  ideas,  in  which  twenty-four  pupils 
can  work  at  one  time,  each  pupil  himself  manipulating  the  apparatus 
and  dealing  with  the  substances  which  he  studies. 

"  The  first  Normal  School-house  ever  erected  in  this  hemisphere  " 
still  stands  as  the  centre  and  foundation  of  the  present  improved 
school  building.  It  has  increased  to  the  present  dimensions  as  the 
growth  of  the  School  has  made  it  necessary.  With  all  the  enlarge- 
ments and  improvements,  the  School  has  no  more  than  met  the 
demands  of  the  public.  Additional  facilities  will  always  be  needed 
to  meet  the  constantly  increasing  demands  of  an  enlightened  public 
sentiment.  The  outlays  for  educational  institutions  are  but  "the 
ounce  of  prevention,"  more  economical  and  far  more  productive  of 
good  than  the  "  pound  of  cure." 

THE  SCHOOL. 

The  number  of  pupils  in  attendance  the  fifty-sixth  term,  at  the 
commencement  of  this  administration,  was  sixty-seven.  The  num- 
ber in  attendance  the  present  term,  the  eighty-seventh,  is  one  hundred 
sixty-seven.  The  school  has  been  steadily  increasing  in  numbers  up 
to  the  present  time. 

Conditions  of  Admission. —  The  History  of  the  United  States  has 
been  added  to  the  branches  in  which  candidates  for  admission  are 


124  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

examined,  and  a  more  extended  and  thorough  knowledge  of  each 
branch  is  now  required  of  the  candidates.  Each  candidate  is  required 
to  sign  the  following  declaration  : 

"I  hereby  engage  that  if  admitted  to  this  school,  I  will  faithfully 
observe  its  rules  and  regulations ;  and  it  is  my  full  purpose  to  remain 
in  the  school  four  consecutive  terms,  or  such  a  part  of  this  period  as 
is  necessary  to  complete  ihe  regular  course  of  study,  and  afterwards 
to  teach  in  the  public  schools  in  Massachusetts." 

The  conditions  of  admission  at  the  present  time  are  these  :  Gen- 
tlemen applying  for  admission  must  be  at  least  seventeen  years  of 
age  ;  ladies,  sixteen.  Candidates  must  present  a  satisfactory  certifi- 
cate of  good  moral  character ;  and  must  be  free  from  any  disease  or 
infirmity  which  would  unfit  them  for  the  office  of  teacher ;  must  de- 
clare their  full  intention  of  faithfully  observing  the  regulations  of  the 
school  while  members  of  it,  and  of  afterwards  teaching  in  the  public 
schools  of  Massachusetts  ;*  and  must  pass  a  satisfactory  examination 
in  Reading,  Spelling,  Writing,  Arithmetic,  Geography,  the  History 
of  the  United  States,  and  English  Grammar.  A  greater  age  and 
higher  attainments  than  those  prescribed,  with  some  experience  in 
teaching,  make  the  course  of  study  in  the  school  much  more  valuable 
to  the  pupil.  These  requirements  will  be  strictly  enforced. 

Course  of  Instruction. — The  length  of  the  course  of  study  until 
March,  1865,  was  three  terms  of  twenty  weeks  each,  and  the  course 
included  the  following  branches  : 

First.  Reading,  English  Grammar  (and  Analysis),  Geography, 
(Mathematical,  Physical,  Political,  and  map  drawing),  Arithmetic, 
History  of  the  United  States,  Algebra,  Vocal  Music,  Physiology,  and 
Hygiene,  which  are  prescribed  by  law  for  all  the  public  schools  of 
the  State. 

Second.  Geometry,  Natural  Philosophy,  Chemistry,  Book-keep- 
ing, Astronomy,  Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  General  Prin- 
ciples of  Government,  Rhetoric,  and  English  Literature,  which,  with 
the  exception  of  the  last,  are  prescribed  by  law  for  the  High  Schools 
of  the  State ;  and  a  knowledge  of  their  elements,  at  least,  is  deemed 
essential  to  a  competent  preparation  for  teaching  in  all  the  public 
schools. 

Third.  The  Theory  and  Art  of  Teaching,  including  Mental  and 
Moral  Philosophy,  General  Principles  and  Methods  of  Instruction, 
School  Laws  of  Massachusetts,  School  Organization  and  Government. 

Exercises  in  Reading,  Writing,  Orthography,  Composition,  Vocal 
Music,  and  Gymnastics  extend  through  the  whole  course. 

*  Persons  intending  to  teach  in  other  States,  or  in  private  schools,  are  admitted  by  paying  fifteen   dollars  a  term 


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Botany,  Surveying,  Geology,  Latin  and  other  languages  are 
optional. 

The  primary  object  of  the  course  of  instruction  is  to  secure  a  thor- 
ough investigation  of  the  principles  of  the  studies  pursued,  and  of 
the  best  modes  of  teaching  them.  All  the  exercises  of  the  school  are 
conducted  with  constant  regard  to  preparation  for  the  work  of  instruc- 
tion in  the  public  schools. 

The  Extension  of  the  Course  of  Study. — In  1863  a  committee  of 
the  Board  of  Education  invited  the  Principals  of  the  Normal  Schools 
to  meet  them  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  "  to  consider  if  any 
plan  seems  feasible  for  increasing  the  amount  and  elevating  the  char- 
acter of  the  instruction  afforded  by  said  schools."  After  a  day  spent 
in  free  and  full  discussion  of  the  topic,  "it  was  the  unanimous  opin- 
ion that  it  was  not  advisable  to  enlarge  the  general  course  of  study, 
but  that  a  more  thorough  mastery  of  that  course  in  all  its  steps,  and 
a  considerable  extension  of  it  in  several  important  branches  of  study, 
in  order  to  meet  the  increasing  demands  of  the  schools  for  thoroughly 
educated  teachers,  is  greatly  desirable.  This  can  only  be  accom- 
plished by  extending  the  time  of  the  regular  course."  The  commit- 
tee therefore  recommended  that  another  term  be  added  to  the  regular 
course  of  study  in  the  Normal  Schools, —  thus  requiring  an  attend- 
ance of  two  years  in  order  to  obtain  a  diploma.  This  went  into  effect 
in  all  the  Normal  Schools  in  March,  1865. 

The  course  of  study  since  1864  has  been  conformed  to  the  course 
adopted  by  the  Board  in  1866,  as  given  on  page  19.  The  extension 
of  the  course  to  two  years,  with  the  admission  of  a  new  class  at  the 
beginning  of  each  term,  made  four  regular  classes  in  the  shorter 
course,  which  were  designated  respectively,  beginning  with  the 
entering  class,  the  Junior,  Ex-Junior,  Sub-Senior,  andJjSenior 
Classes.  The  Board,  in  adopting  the  course  given  on  page  19,  pro- 
vided that,  "  The  order  of  the  studies  in  the  course  may  be  varied  in 
special  cases,  with  the  approval  of  the  Visitors." 

The  order,  distribution,  and  range  of  studies,  June,  1876.  The 
figure  after  the  name  of  the  study  indicates  the  number  of  lessons 
a  week  in  that  study.  The  sessions  of  the  School  are  held  each 
week  day,  except  Saturday,  from  nine  and  one-fourth  o'clock  to 
twelve  and  one-fourth,  and  from  two  o'clock  to  four  and  one-half 
o'clock.  The  last  twenty  minutes  of  the  afternoon  session  are  spent 
in  gymnastic  exercises,  and  the  session  closes  with  singing. 

The  Devotional  Exercises,  occupying  ten  minutes,  at  the  opening 
of  the  morning  session,  include  Reading  of  Scripture,  Singing, 
Prayer,  and  Chanting  of  the  Lord's  Prayer  by  the  School.  A  Gen- 


126  BRIDGE  WATER    STATE    NORMAL  SCHOOL. 

eral  Exercise,  for  twenty  minutes,  follows,  in  which  a  great  variety 
of  topics  are  considered.  The  last  quarter  of  the  term  the  General 
Exercise  is  devoted  to  singing  by  the  School. 

^Junior  Class.  Geometry,  5.  Including: — Definitions.  Divisions 
of  Geometry.  Properties  .and  Relations:  —  of  Lines;  of  Angles; 
of  Surfaces ;  of  Volumes.  Demonstration  of  Propositions  concern- 
ing, —  Lines  and  Angles  ;  Triangles  ;  Quadrilaterals  ;  Ratios  and 
Proportions  ;  Relations  of  Rectilinear  Figures  ;  Circles.  Physiology 
and  Hygeine.  4.  Including:  —  The  Structure  of  the  Human  Body, 
its  different  Systems,  their  Functions,  and  the  Conditions  of  Health. 
Chemistry.  5.  Including  :  —  Chemical  Physics  and  Inorganic  Chem- 
istry, with  Laboratory  practice  by  each  pupil.  Vocal  Music.  4.  In- 
cluding :  —  The  Reading  of  Music  in  all  the  keys  at  sight.  Methods 
of  Teaching,  and  the  Teaching ;  Practice  in  Chorus  Singing. 
Drawing.  4.  Including:  —  Freehand,  Memory  and  Dictation,  De- 
sign. Model  and  Object,  Geometrical,  Perspective.  Mineralogy.  2. 
(Fall  Term.)  Including:  —  Study  of  minerals  and  rocks  from 
specimens,  for  the  qualities,  distribution,  and  uses,  each  pupil  having 
the  specimen  in  hand.  Zoology.  2.  (Spring  Term.)  Including:  — 
Elementary  Course,  and  classification  of  Animal  Kingdom  ;  Study- 
ing the  specimens  for  the  appearance,  structure,  habits,  uses.  Com- 
position. 1. 

Etc— Junior  Class.  Arithmetic,  4.  Including  :  —  Elementary 
Course.  Written  Arithmetic  —  its  principles,  including  Numbers; 
Expression  of  Numbers ;  Combinations  of  Numbers ;  Relations  of 
Numbers.  Algebra,  5.  Including :  —  Notation,  Numerical  Pro- 
cesses. Use  of  Processes  in  Equations,  Simple  and  Quadratic.  Ge- 
ography, 5.  Including: — The  Earth  as  a  Sphere;  Distribution  of 
Light  and  Heat ;  Parts  of  the  Earth's  Surface ;  The  Sea ;  The  At- 
mosphere ;  Life  of  the  Continents ;  The  Study  of  each  Continent. 
Grammar,  4.  Including:  —  Definitions;  Words  in  a  Proposition, 
or  Parts  of  Speech  ;  Union  of  Propositions  in  Sentences.  Mineral- 
ogy, 2.  (Fall  Term.)  Including  the  same  work  as  with  Junior  class. 
Zoology,  2,  (Spring  Term).  Including,  the  same  work  as  with 
Junior  class.  Vocal  Culture  and  Reading.  2.  Composition,  1. 

Sub- Senior  Class.  Arithmetic,  4.  Including: — Applications  of 
Numbers;  Mercantile  Papers;  Mensuration.  Physics,  4.  Includ- 
ing : —  Matter  and  its  Properties ;  General  Relations  of  Force  and 
Motion  ;  Gravitation  ;  Principles  of  Machines  ;  Steam  Engine  ;  Tel- 
egraph. Rhetoric,  4.  Including: — Definitions;  Principles  of  Des- 
cription, embracing  Perception  ;  Memory  ;  Imagination  ;  Sensibili- 
ties ;  Emotions  and  their  Expression ;  Expressions,  Literal  and  Fig- 


MR.  BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  127 

urative  ;  Use  of  Expressions  ;  Style  and  its  Qualities  ;  Written  Com- 
position. English  Literature,  4.  Including: — Historical  Study  of 
the  English  Language;  Poetry,  —  Ballads,  Ancient  and  Modern; 
Idyls  of  the  King ;  Paradise  Lost ;  Deserted  Village.  Prose, — 
Essays  of  Bacon,  Addison,  Lamb,  Macaulay.  In  all,  characteristics 
of  thought  and  diction,  with  Biography  of  Authors  and  collateral 
reading.  Drawing,  4.  Including  the  extension  of  the  subjects  of 
Junior  course.  Vocal  Culture  and  Reading ;  4.  Geology,  2.  (Fall 
Term)  Including: — Structure  of  the  Earth  and  the  History  of  the 
Structure.  Botany,  2.  (Spring  Term).  Including: — Elementary 
Course ;  Study  of  the  Plant  itself,  each  pupil  having  specimen  in 
hand;  and  Secondary  Course, —  Study  of  the  plant  with  the  book, 
for  Analysis.  Composition,  1. 

Senior  Class.  Astronomy.  4.  Including:  —  Phenomena  of  the 
Heavenly  Bodies,  their  form,  size,  location,  motions,  and  effects  of 
their  motions,  and  the  causes  of  the  phenomena.  Civil  Government. 
4*  Including:  —  Principles  of  Civil  Government;  Civil  Government 
of  the  States  before  their  Independence  ;  The  Constitutional  Govern- 
ment of  Massachusetts ;  The  Constitutional  Government  of  the 
United  States.  Book  Keeping.  2.  Including:  —  Exchange  of  Prop- 
erty, Mercantile  Papers,  Accounts,  four  Forms,  embracing  Single 
and  Double  Entry.  Vocal  Culture  and  Reading.  4.  School  Laws 
of  Massachusetts,  1.  Geology,  2.  (Fall  Term).  Including  the  same 
work  as  with  Sub-Senior  class.  Botany,  2.  (Spring  Term.)  In- 
cluding the  same  work  as  with  Sub-Senior  class.  Education.  8. 
Including  : —  Study  of  Man  as  Body  and  Mind  ;  The  different  Sys- 
tems of  the  Body,  their  Functions,  and  the  Conditions  of  Health. 
Psychology, —  Definitions;  the  Intellectual  Powers, —  Reason,  the 
Presentative,  Representative,  Reflective;  the  Sensibilities, —  the  Ap- 
petites, Instincts,  Desires,  Affections  ;  the  Will  and  the  Moral  Nature. 
Principles  of  Education ;  Art  of  Teaching ;  Courses  of  Study ; 
School  Organization  ;  School  Government. 

The  Advanced  Course. — Hon.  Joseph  White,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  than  whom,  the  Normal  Schools  have  had  no 
truer  friend  nor  stronger  supporter,  in  his  report  for  1867,  says,  "It 
cannot  have  escaped  the  notice  of  any  who  are  conversant  with  the 
conditions  and  wants  of  our  public  schools,  that,  within  a  few  years, 
a  demand  has  arisen  for  a  class  of  teachers,  both  male  and  female, 
who  have  a  thorough  normal  training,  added  to  a  higher  education 
than  our  Normal  Schools  now  give.  This  demand  is  rapidly  increas- 
ing, and  it  appears  to  me  that  it  has  now  become  so  general  and  ur- 
gent, that  the  proper  measures  for  supplying  ought  to  be  devised 


128  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

without  further  delay."  To  accomplish  this  object,  Mr.  White  re- 
commended that  "  all  of  the  existing  Normal  Schools  be  supplied  with 
such  additional  teachers  and  apparatus  as  shall  enable  them  to  fur- 
nish, in  connection  with  the  present  course  of  study,  instruction  in 
the  higher  branches  of  learning."  In  accordance  with  these  recom- 
mendations the  Board  of  Education,  on  February  3,  1869,  voted, 
"that  a  supplemental  course  of  study,  occupying  two  years,  be  intro- 
duced into  each  of  the  four  Normal  Schools,  which  shall  comprise 
the  Latin,  French,  Higher  Mathematics,  Ethics,  Natural  Sciences, 
and  English  Literature." 

The  first  regular  class  under  this  Advanced  Course  was  formed  in 
September,  1870.  The  studies  are  so  arranged  that  graduates  from 
the  shorter  course  may  take  the  two  additional  years'  work.  Or  pu- 
pils who,  on  entering  the  school,  have  in  view  the  completion  of  this 
higher  course,  may  take  a  part  of  its  studies  in  connection  with  a  part 
of  the  branches  in  the  shorter  course,  and  in  this  way,  at  the  end  of 
four  years,  be  prepared  to  graduate  from  both  courses  simultaneously. 
The  latter  arrangement  gives  the  students  the  benefit  of  the  study  of 
the  languages  in  connection  with  the  study  of  the  other  branches  of 
the  course. 

The  Advanced  Course  now  includes  the  following  branches : 
German  and  French ;  the  object  aimed  at  in  their  study  being  to  un- 
derstand, to  speak,  to  write,  and  to  teach  the  language.  Latin,  the 
ultimate  object  being  to  have  the  pupil  get  such  a  command  of  the 
language  that  he  can  read,  and  understand,  and  teach  it  with  ease. 
Greek  is  taken  in  the  same  way  by  those  sufficiently  advanced  to  take 
this  in  addition  to  the  studies  of  this  course.  Advanced  Algebra  and 
Geometry,  Trigonometry,  and  Surveying.  Advanced  Physics,  Chem- 
istry with  laboratory  practice,  Botany  and  Drawing,  Ancient  and 
Modern  History,  Advanced  English  Literature,  and  an  extension  of 
the  course  on  Education,  including  the  preparation  of  topics  on  vari- 
ous subjects,  the  History  of  Education  and  essays  on  Educational 
topics. 

Aims  and  Methods  of  the  School.  — The  ultimate  end  of  School 
work  is  the  education  of  the  child.  The  ultimate  object  of  the  Nor- 
mal School  is  to  make  the  Normal  pupil  a  skilled  instrument  for  the 
education  of  children,  or,  in  other  words,  to  make  him,  as  far  as  pos- 
sible, an  educator. 

Education  is  training  all  the  -powers  of  the  child  till  he  gains 
the  ability  aud  inclination  to  make  the  best  use  of  his  powers. 
The  design  of  education  is  two-fold, —  first,  to  secure  the  right  action 
of  the  mind ;  second,  the  acquisition  of  knowledge. 


MR.  BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  129 

The  processes  of  education  are  instruction,  teaching  and  training. 
Right  thinking  is  secured  by  the  right  use  of  these  processes.  The 
product  of  right  thinking  is  mental  power  and  knowledge. 

The  "  teacher  "  is  an  educator.  As  such  he  must  know  ivhat  the 
different  mental  powers  are,  the  order  of  their  development,  and  how 
they  are  called  into  right  activity.  In  addition  to  this  knowledge  of 
mind,  he  must  know  each  pupil  as  an  individual.  He  must  also 
know  the.  different  kinds  of  knowledge,  the  order  of  their  acquisition, 
and  the  method  of  their  acquisition. 

The  mind  has  three  different  modes  of  acting — knowing,  feeling, 
choosing.  We  feel  because  we  know,  and  we  choose  because  of 
knowledge  and  feeling.  The  activity  of  the  sensibilities  and  the  will 
are  conditioned  upon  the  action  of  the  intellect,  hence  the  cultivation 
of  the  intellect  is  of  primary  importance. 

The  intellectual  faculties  hold  the  relation  of  dependence  upon  one 
another.  The  first  activity  of  the  mind  is  in  perceiving  the  qualities 
of  external  objects  through  the  different  senses.  All  ideas  of  exter- 
nal objects  come  to  the  mind  through  the  senses.  The  idea  can  be 
gained  only  when  the  object  is  present  to  the  mind. 

The  memory  reproduces  and  recognizes  the  ideas  gained  by  the 
perceptive  faculty  ;  hence  the  first  exercise  of  the  memory  depends 
on  the  action  of  the  perceptive  faculty. 

The  imagination  combines  thoughts  of  parts  of  different  objects, 
which  have  been  perceived  and  which  memory  holds  in  mind,  to 
form  its  ideal  object;  hence,  the  action  of  the  imagination  is  condi- 
tioned upon  the  activity  of  the  perceptive  faculty  and  the  memory. 

The  power  of  generalization  in  forming  the  idea,  which  consists  of 
the  qualities  common  to  all  the  objects  of  a  kind,  must  use  the  quali- 
ties which  the  mind  has  perceived  and  remembered.  The  power  of 
generalization,  then,  depends  upon  the  possession  of  the  facts  fur- 
nished by  the  perceptive  faculty  and  memory. 

The  ideas  of  classes  of  objects  must  be  known  and  remembered, 
that  the  reasoning  power  may  judge  of  their  relations ;  hence,  the 
reasoning  power  depends  upon  all  the  other  intellectual  faculties. 

The  mind  is  one,  not  divided,  but  having  distinct  modes  of  activity. 
Skill  in  the  use  of  any  faculty  is  acquired  only  by  the  right  use  of 
that  faculty.  The  right  action  of  one  power  will  not  give  strength  to 
another  power  that  is  not  used.  The  exercise  of  each  faculty  should 
be  guided  by  its  relation  to  the  other  faculties. 

The  sensibilities  are  to  be  called  into  normal  action,  and  the  right 
purpose  is  to  be  formed  and  followed ;  right  habits  of  observation,  of 
thought,  of  feeling,  of  action,  are  to  be  established. 


130  BRI&GEWATER   STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

A  course  of  study  is  required  for  the  training  of  the  mind.  The 
course  needed  for  this  purpose  is  a  series  of  objects  and  subjects  for 
study  arranged  according  to  the  order  of  mental  development.  This 
course  of  study,  from  the  nature  of  the  mind,  must  be  in  two  divisions, 
an  elementary  course  for  training  the  perceptive  faculties,  memory 
and  imagination,  in  gaining  a  knowledge  of  facts  about  individual 
objects ;  and  a  scientific  course,  for  training  the  reflective  faculty  in 
acquiring  general  ideas  and  truths,  and  knowledge  systematically 
arranged.  The  elementary  course  must  be  so  conducted  as  to  pre- 
pare the  mind  for  the  scientific  course. 

Methods. — The  principles  of  education  are  derived  from  the  study 
of  the  mind.  The  methods  of  teaching  and  training  are  determined 
by  these  principles.  Having  a  knowledge  of  the  mental  powers,  and 
of  the  objects  and  subjects  to  be  taught  there  must  be  a  selection  from 
these  of  what  the  pupil  can  understand  and  most  needs  to  know. 
Ideas  and  thoughts  are  to  be  gained  from  the  objects  of  thought. 
The  right  arrangement  oi  ideas  must  be  observed.  All  lessons  are 
conducted  upon  the  topical  plan.  The  same  method  is  employed 
with  both  subjects  and  objects.  Each  is  considered  first  as  a  whole, 
and  then  in  its  parts.  A  subject  is  presented  as  a  whole  by  clearly 
defining  it  to  show  what  it  includes.  It  is  then  analyzed  into  its  main 
divisions,  and  each  division  is  outlined  in  topics  logically  arranged. 
The  topics  for  the  study  of  an  object  are  arranged  in  the  natural 
order. 

The  lessons  thus  analytically  arranged  are  assigned  to  the  class, 
showing  them  what  to  study,  and  in  what  order,  and  each  topic  is 
taught  to  the  class  at  the  time  the  lesson  is  assigned  so  far  as  is  neces- 
sary to  teach  them  hoiv  to  study  it  so  as  to  be  able  to  teach  or  present 
it  to  the  class.  Oral  teaching  by  question  and  answer  is  employed. 
Preliminary  questioning  to  ascertain  precisely  what  the  pupil  knows, 
and  to  show  him  what  he  needs  to  know,  is  the  first  step ;  then  in- 
structive questioning,  to  lead  the  pupil  to  discover  for  himself  the 
ideas  he  is  to  gain,  and  to  aid  him  to  a  correct  expression  of  them  ; 
with  so  much  of  direct  statement  as  is  necessary  to  set  before  the 
class  in  a  connected  form  the  results  of  the  teaching  and  study.  All 
definitions  are  carefully  worked  out  by  explaining  or  illustrating  the 
ideas  included  in  them.  Nothing  is  to  be  done  for  the  pupil  which 
he  can  do  for  himself. 

After  preparation,  the  class  are  thoroughly  examined  upon  the  les- 
son. The  outline  of  topics  is  first  stated  to  present  the  lesson  as  a 
whole.  The  topics  are  then  taught  to  the  class  by  different  pupils, 
the  class  and  the  teacher  criticizing  the  teaching.  Or,  the  pupil  pre- 


131 

sents  the  topic  to  the  class,  other  pupils  and  the  teacher  make  addi- 
tions, and  the  class  and  teacher  criticize  the  presentation.  After  the 
teaching,  or  presenting,  the  teacher  thoroughly  questions  the  class  on 
all  the  important  points  of  the  lesson. 

Each  day  a  review  of  the  preceding  lesson  is  made,  in  its  outline 
and  main  points,  to  fix  the  facts  in  the  mind  by  repetition,  and  to  con- 
nect the  topics  with  the  lesson  of  the  day.  Each  main  division  of  a 
subject  is  reviewed,  in  its  outline  and  main  topics,  to  teach  the  rela- 
tion of  the  topics.  The  subject  as  a  whole  is  reviewed  before  leaving 
it,  in  its  outline  and  main  points,  to  teach  all  the  parts  in  their  rela- 
tions. By  the  topical  mode  of  arranging  and  teaching  the  lessons, 
the  teacher  knows  what  he  is  to  teach,  in  what  order,  and  how  he  is 
to  teach.  The  pupil  knows  what  he  is  to  study,  in  what  order,  and 
how  he  is  to  study.  In  class  work  both  teacher  and  pupils  know 
what  points  are  to  be  made,  and  in  what  order,  and  the  work  moves 
on  promptly.  This  method  aids  the  pupil  to  understand  and  remem- 
ber, accustoms  him  to  think  in  a  logical  manner,  and  gives  him  real 
knowledge. 

The  teaching  of  the  topics  by  the  pupils  secures  the  most  thorough 
preparation  of  the  lesson,  for  the  pupil  must  know  the  subject,  the 
logical  arrangement  of  it,  and  how  to  teach  it,  or  fail.  It  gives  the 
pupil  command  of  himself,  makes  him  self-reliant,  develops  his  indi- 
viduality. 

All  the  class  exercises,  from  the  beginning  of  the  course,  are  con- 
ducted upon  the  principles  and  by  the  methods  that  have  been  indi- 
cated. After  the  pupils  have  been  trained  in  this  way,  to  teach 
philosophically,  in  as  full  a  measure  as  the  time  will  allow,  they  come 
in  the  last  term  of  the  course  to  the  study  of  psychology,  and  there 
learn  the  philosophy  of  their  work  by  rinding  in  the  study  of  the 
mind,  the  principles  which  underlie  the  methods  they  have  learned 
to  use. 

Text-books  are  used  as  books  of  reference  in  the  preparation  of 
lessons.  Statements  of  important  principles  and  definitions  are  re- 
quired to  be  memorized  verbatim.  The  committing  of  text-books  to 
memory  is  avoided,  the  students  being  trained  to  depend  upon  objects 
of  thought  rather  than  upon  words. 

The  aim  of  this  school  is  to  give  the  pupil  a  definite  idea  of  the 
true  object,  the  principles,  and  the  methods  of  education  ;  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  objects  and  subjects  he  will  need  to  teach,  with 
such  a  degree  of  facility  and  skill  in  the  application  of  these  princi- 
ples and  this  knowledge,  as  will  enable  him  to  organize  and  control 
his  own  school,  and  to  educate  his  pupils. 


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132  BRIDGKWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

Students  are  expected  to  govern  themselves ;  to  do  without  com- 
pulsion what  is  required,  and  to  refrain  voluntarily  from  all  impropri- 
eties of  conduct.  Those  who  are  unwilling  to  conform  cheerfully  to 
the  known  wishes  of  the  Principal  and  his  Assistants,  are  presumed 
to  be  unfit  to  become  teachers. 

It  is  not  deemed  necessary  to  awaken  a  feeling  of  emulation,  in 
order  to  induce  the  scholars  to  perform  their  duties  faithfully.  Faith- 
ful attention  to  duty  is  encouraged  for  its  own  sake,  and  not  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  certain  marks  of  credit. 

Examinations,  both  oral  and  written,  are  made  each  term  in  every 
study,  and  the  result  in  each  must  be  satisfactory  to  enable  the  pupil 
to  advance  to  the  studies  next  in  order.  Only  those  pupils  who  have 
satisfactorily  passed  all  the  examinations  in  the  prescribed  course  of 
study  receive  the  diploma  of  the  Institution.  The  demand  for  grad- 
uates of  both  sexes,  to  fill  good  positions  in  the  public  schools,  is 
greater  than  the  school  can  at  present  supply. 

Expenses  and  Pecuniary  Aid. —  Tuition  is  free  to  all  who  comply 
with  the  condition  of  teaching  in  the  schools  of  Massachusetts, 
wherever  they  may  have  previously  resided.  Pupils  who  fail  to  com- 
ply with  this  condition  are  charged  a  reasonable  sum  for  tuition.  A 
fee  of  $2.00  is  paid  by  each  pupil  at  the  beginning  of  the  term,  for 
incidental  expenses. 

For  the  assistance  of  those  students  who  are  unable  to  meet  the 
expenses  of  the  course  of  instruction  in  the  school,  the  State  makes 
an  annual  appropriation  of  eight  hundred  dollars,  one-half  of  which 
is  distributed  at  the  close  of  each  term' among  pupils  from  Massachu- 
setts who  merit  and  need  the  aid,  in  sums  varying  according  to  the 
distance  of  their  residences  from  Bridgewater,  but  not  exceeding,  in 
any  case,  $1.50  a  week.  This  aid  is  not  furnished  during  the  first 
term  of  attendance.  It  is  expected  that  those  who  do  not  complete 
the  prescribed  course  of  study,  and  those  who  do  not  teach  in  the 
public  schools  of  Massachusetts  will  refund  any  amount  they  have 
received  from  the  bounty  of  the  State.  Applications  for  this  aid  are 
to  be  made  to  the  Principal  in  writing. 


MR.  BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  133 


NOTES  BY  THE  WAY. 

The  Town  of  Bridgewater  appropriated  and  paid  five  hundred  dol- 
lars to  aid  in  starting  the  school,  and  gave  the  rent  of  the  town  hall 
for  its  use  for  the  first  three  years.  Citizens  of  the  town,  in  1846, 
subscribed  and  paid  more  than  two  thousand  dollars  toward  the  erec- 
tion of  the  new  school  house.  Mr.  Tillinghast's  pupils  and  some 
friends  of  the  school  paid  four  hundred  dollars  for  the  same  purpose. 

Mr.  Tillinghast  records  the  following  facts  :  "  In  December,  1842, 
Mr.  George  B.  Emerson,  to  whom,  in  many  respects,  the  school 
owes  so  much,  placed  at  my  disposal  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  dol- 
lars, for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  the  class  books  used  in  the  school. 
In  August,  1844,  Rev.  R.  C.  Waterston  paid  over  to  me  one  hundred 
dollars,  that  had  been  collected  by  him  for  the  school.  This  sum, 
with  twenty-five  dollars  raised  by  subscription  in  the  town,  was  ex- 
pended for  a  theodolite.  Hon.  Seth  Sprague,  of  Duxbury,  presented 
to  the  school  apparatus  to  the  value  of  one  hundred  dollars.  Hon. 
John  Davis,  late  Judge  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court,  presented  a  copy 
of  the  London  Encyclopedia,  in  twenty-two  volumes. 

In  1846,  Mr.  Emerson  again  manifested  his  interest  in  the  school 
by  supplying,  at  his  own  expense,  the  furnaces  for  heating  the  new 
building.  Dr.  Emerson  has  always  been  a  warm  friend  of  this 
school,  and  has  shown  his  regard  by  frequent  visits  in  which  he  has 
delivered  to  the  school  many  interesting  and  instructive  addresses. 
During  the  last  administration  he  has  secured  and  presented  large 
and  valuable  additions  to  the  library  of  the  school.  Mr.  Conant,  the 
second  Principal,  presented  a  reflecting  telescope  Prof.  Alpheus 
Crosby,  former  Principal  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Salem,  pre- 
sented a  copy  of  Ree's  Encyclopedia,  in  forty-seven  volumes. 

Several  of  the  late  graduating  classes,  and  some  individual  gradu- 
ates, have  presented  to  the  school  pictures,  busts,  and  statuary,  for 
adorning  the  school-room.  A  fund  for  the  purchase  of  a  telescope 
for  the  use  of  the  school  was  started  by  the  members  of  the  seventy- 
sixth  class,  which  now  amounts  to  two  hundred  dollars.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  school  for  the  eighty-sixth  term  paid  for  the  chandeliers 
and  other  gas  fixtures  in  the  main  school-room.  Other  graduates 
have  made  valuable  contributions  to  the  cabinets.  The  portraits  of 
Mr.  Tillinghast  and  Mr.  Conant,  which  hang  in  the  school-room, 
were  presented  by  their  pupils,  respectively. 

In  the  early  history  of  the  school  it  was  sometimes  difficult  for  the 
students  in  attendance,  who  wished  to  go  out  and  teach  in  the  winter, 


134  BRrDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

to  find  any  chance  to  teach.  The  school  was  new,  was  not  known, 
and  there  was  a  disposition  on  the  part  of  many  to  wait  and  see  what 
it  would  become  before  encouraging  its  pupils  by  employment.  The 
young  men  often  spent  Saturday  afternoons  in  the  fall  of  the  year  in 
visiting  the  Prudential  Committees  of  the  neighboring  towns,  seeking 
to  engage  with  them  as  teachers  for  the  winter  term.  They  were 
looked  upon  with  some  suspicion,  the  committee  "  didn't  know  as  he 
wanted  to  hire,"  or  in  some  instances  they  were  told  that  "the  District 
didn't  like  Norman  teachers." 

The  pecuniary  inducements  to  engage  in  teaching  in  those  days 
were  not  great.  Some  of  the  lady  graduates  of  the  first  class  report 
that  they  taught  in  the  country  districts  for  two  dollars  a  week  and 
board,  others  for  four  dollars  a  week,  including  board.  The  young 
men  of  this  period  report  their  wages  at  twenty-five  or  thirty  dollars 
a  month,  including  board,  and  one  reports  "thirteen  dollars  a  month 
and  board  round."  Some  young  men  in  the  early  classes,  who  have 
made  teaching  a  profession,  began  with  twenty-five  dollars  a  month, 
and  are  now  receiving  $3,200  a  year;  a  few  have  reached  $4,000  a 
year  in  the  public  schools.  The  highest  income  reported  by  any 
graduate  is  $7,000  a  year;  he  is  teaching  a  private  school.  The 
salaries  of  the  lady  graduates,  as  reported,  have  increased  in  about 
the  same  proportion.  The  highest  salary  for  any  lady  graduate 
teaching  in  the  public  schools,  so  far  as  known,  is  $2,400. 

The  school  has  gradually  made  itself  known  and  felt  in  the  com- 
munity through  its  graduates.  Some  have  signally  failed,  but  a  large 
majority  have  satisfied  all  reasonable  expectations.  Many  have  sus- 
tained themselves  for  a  long  series  of  years  in  some  of  the  most 
responsible  positions  in  all  the  grades  of  the  public  schools,  as  may 
be  seen  by  consulting  the  Alumni  Record. 

Mr.  Philbrick,  in  his  report  of  the  school  for  1870,  writes  as  fol- 
lows :  "  The  Visitors  of  this  school  take  pleasure  in  reporting  that 
its  condition  is  highly  satisfactory.  There  has  never  been  a  period 
in  its  history  when  it  has  not  been  a  school  of  high  excellence.  It  has 
justly  merited  its  reputation  for  imparting  solid  instruction  and  thor- 
ough training,  rather  than  superficial  and  showy  accomplishments." 

In  his  report  of  the  school  for  1872,  he  says  :  "  It  is  believed  that 
the  school  is  every  year  approaching  near  to  the  true  standard  of 
what  a  Normal  School  should  be.  While  it  aims  to  impart  knowl- 
edge with  thoroughness,  it  places  a  greater  value  upon  right  training. 
It  tries  to  send  out  teachers  who  shall, love  and  respect  their  profes- 
sion, and  who  shall  be  capable  of  independent  thought  and  action, 
and  capable  of  judiciously  adapting  their  plans  and  efforts  to  the 
varying  circumstances  in  which  they  may  be  placed. 


MR.  BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  135 

Mr.  White,  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  in  his  report  for  1870,  says  : 
"  It  is  but  just  to  remark  that  the  Normal"  Schools  are  better  schools 
to-day  than  they  were  ten  years  ago.  Their  drill  is  more  thorough, 
and  there  is  a  more  complete  adaptation  of  the  instruction  given,  and 
especially  of  the  method  employed  in  giving  it,  to  the  true  objects  of 
such  a  school. 

"Although  the  number  of  graduates  is  small  in  comparison  with  the 
whole  number  of  teachers  in  the  Commonwealth,  still  their  influence 
upon  the  public  schools  is  everywhere  manifest.  .  Furnishing  better 
models,  they  have  raised  the  standard  and  improved  the  methods  of 
teaching.  By  their  professional  enthusiasm  and  devotion  to  their 
calling,  they  have  inspired  the  great  body  of  teachers  with  a  like 
spirit,  and  aroused  them  to  earnest  efforts  for  improvement  in  their 
work.  In  this  way,  —  through  the  example  and  influence  of  their 
graduates,  —  the  Normal  Schools  have  performed  a  service  of  the 
highest  value  to  the  public  schools,  but  which  cannot  be  measured 
by  tables  of  statistics." 

In  his  report  for  1872,  he  says  :  "  Every  year's  observation  of  their 
working  has  served  to  deepen  my  conviction  that  the  Normal  Schools 
are  destined  to  play  a  far  more  important  part  in  our  school  system, 
and  to  perform  a  more  signal  service  for  it  in  the  future  than  they 
have  hitherto  done.  Hence  my  strong  belief,  that  no  outlay  of 
thought,  of  labor  or  of  money  necessary  to  give  them  the  highest  de- 
gree of  efficiency,  and  to  add  to  their  number  so  fast  as  new  schools 
shall  be  demanded,  can  be  deemed  an  unwise  expenditure." 

The  Board  of  Education,  and  especially  the  Visitors  of  the  school, 
including  the  Secretaries  of  the  Board,  ought  ever  to  be  held  in  grate- 
ful remembrance  by  all  the  alumni  and  friends  of  the  school  for  their 
disinterested  labors  to  secure  for  it  the  means  and  conditions  of  suc- 
cess in  its  work.  They  have  taken  broad,  generous  views  of  educa- 
tion, and  have  earnestly  sought  to  promote  the  highest  prosperity  of 
the  school.  Hon.  Joesph  White,  the  present  Secretary  of  the  Board, 
has  been  a  Visitor  of  the  school  for  the  last  sixteen  years.  Hon.  John 
D.  Philbrick  was  a  Visitor  for  nine  years,  and  during  six  of  these 
years  was  Chairman  of  the  Visitors.  Gardiner  G.  Hubbard,  Esq., 
the  present  chairman,  has  been  a  Visitor  of  the  school  the  last  eight 
years.  These  gentlemen,  by  their  wise  counsel  and  efficient  action, 
have  been  instrumental  in  securing  the  means  for  erecting  the  board- 
ing hall,  and  enlarging  the  school  building,  for  extending  the  course 
of  study  and  furnishing  better  appliances  for  school  work,  and  by 
their  constant  encouragement  have  strengthened  the  teachers  and 
stimulated  the  pupils  to  higher  endeavors. 


136  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

INSTRUCTORS. 

ALBERT  G.  BOYDEN,  PRINCIPAL.     Appointed  August,  1860. 

Graduated  from  the  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School,  July  3,  1849.  Spent  the  next  term 
in  the  School  upon  advanced  studies.  Taught  Grammar  School  in  Hingham  six  months. 
Assistant  Teacher  in  the  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School,  with  Mr.  Tillinghast  from  August, 
1850  to  July,  1853,  and  during  the  next  term  with  Mr.  Conant.  Principal  of  the  Bowditch 
English  High  School  for  boys  in  Salem,  from  November,  1853  to  March,  1856.  Associate 
Principal  in  the  Classical  and  English  High  School,  Salem,  from  March  to  September,  1856. 
Sub-Master  in  the  Chapman  Grammar  School,  Boston,  from  September,  1856,  to  Septem- 
ber, 1857.  First  Assistant  Teacher  in  the  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School,  from  Septem- 
ber, 1857,  to  August,  1860. 

ASSISTANTS. 

ELIZA  B.  WOODWARD,   appointed   September,   1857. 

Graduated  from  this  School,  July  28,  1857.  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  Normal  School  with 
Mr.  Conant  three  years.  Has  been  teaching  in  this  School  nineteen  years. 

CHARLES  F.    DEXTER,   appointed    March,    1860.     Resigned  May,   1863.       Merchant   in 
Chicago. 

JAMES  H.  SCHNEIDER,  A.  B.  appointed  September,  1860.  Resigned  September,  1863- 
Mr.  Schneider  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Schneider,  D.  D.,  Missionary  at  Aintab,  Tur. 
key.  Graduated  from  Yale  College  in  June,  1860.  First  Assistant  in  this  Normal  School 
three  years,  when  he  was  drafted  into  the  service  of  his  country.  He  regarded  the  draft  as  the 
call  of  duty,  and  resigned  his  position  in  the  School.  The  Visitors  of  the  school,  in  speaking 
of  his  resignation  in  their  report,  say :  "  His  ardent  and  increasing  love  for  his  work,  with  his 
habits  of  thorough  and  exact  study,  and  his  aptness  to  teach,  made  his  services  exceedingly 
valuable,  and  his  resignation  is  greatly  to  be  regretted.  "  He  entered  the  army,  was  examined 
before  General  Casey's  board,  and  appointed  Second  Lieutenant.  He  was  attached  to  the  2d 
U.  S.  Colored  Regiment  encamped  at  Arlington  Heights,  and  was  soon  offered  the  choice 
between  the  adjutancy  and  the  chaplaincy  of  the  regiment.  He  chose  to  be  Chaplain,  because 
he  could  do  more  good  in  this  office;  came  to  Bridgewater,  was  ordained  October  27,  1863  ; 
returned  to  his  duty  with  his  regiment,  which  was  soon  ordered  to  Ship  Island,  Mississippi 
Sound.  After  two  months'  stay  here  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Key  West,  Florida,  where, 
at  the  end  of  another  two  months,  Mr.  Schneider  died  of  "yellow  fever  "  April  26,  1864,  at 
25 years  of  age.  He  was  greatly  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  an  able  scholar  and  teacher, 
a  noble,  Christain  patriot. 

AUSTIN   SANFORD,  appointed  June,  1863.    Resigned  July,  1864. 

Graduated  from  this  school  July  24,  1860.  Taught  Grammar  School  in  Quincy.  Assistant 
in  Bridgewater  Normal  School  one  year.  Graduated  from  Dartmouth  College.  Now  teaching 
in  Robinson  Academy  for  Young  Ladies,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

SOLON  F.  WHITNEY,  A.  M.,  appointed  September,  1863.     Resigned  March,  1866. 

Graduate  of  Brown  University.  First  Assistant  in  this  school  two  and  one-half  years.  Prin- 
cipal of  High  School  in  Watertown.  Now  teacher  in  High  School,  Cambridge. 

CHARLOTTE  A.  COMSTOCK,  appointed  May,  1864.    Resigned  July,   1866. 

Graduated  from  this  school  February  19,  1862.  Taught  Grammar  Schools  in  Attleborough 
and  West  Newton.  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  Normal  School  two  years;  in  Connecticut 
State  Normal  School  one  year.  Now  Mrs.  Charles  Tomlinson,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

GEORGE  H.  MARTIN,  appointed  September,  1864. 

Graduated  from  this  School  July  29,  1863.  Taught  Grammar  Schools  in  Peabody  and 
Quincy  one  year.  Has  taught  in  the  Bridgewater  State  Normal  School  the  last  twelve 
years.  Has  been  First  Assistant  eight  years. 


MR.  BOYDKN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  137 

ELLEN  G.  BROWN,   appointed   March,  1866.     Resigned  December,  1866. 

Graduated  from  this  School  February  14,  1866.  Taught  in  this  Normal  School  nine  months. 
Now  Mrs.  Nelson  D.  Pratt,  159  Putnam  Street,  Cleveland,  O. 

KM. M KLINE  F.  FISHER,  appointed  March,  1866.     Resigned  February,  1867. 

Graduated  from  this  School  July  26,  1865.  'Taught  in  English  and  Classical  School,  West 
Newton.  Taught  in  Bridgewater  Normal  School  one  year.  Now  Mrs.  Francis  C.  Tucker, 
Natick. 

ELISHA  H.  BARLOW,  A.  B.,  appointed  September,  1866.     Resigned  January,  1868. 
Graduate  of  Amherst  College.     Taught  in  this  school  one  and  one  half  years.     Now  Pro- 
fessor of  Rhetoric  and  Oratory  in  Lafayette  College,  Easton,  Penn. 

EDWARD  W.  STEPHENSON,*  appointed  April,  1867.     Resigned  November,  1867. 

Graduated  from  this  School  February  14,  1866.  Taught  in  this  school  six  months,  when, 
after  a  brief  illness,  he  died  November,  1867. 

ALICE  RICHARDS,  appointed  December,  1867.    Resigned  September,  1871. 

Graduated  from  this  school  July  16,  1867.  Taught  in  Grammar  School,  Lewiston,  Me., 
three  months.  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  Normal  School  three  years  nine  months.  Married 
James  S.  Allen,  E.  Bridgewater,  October  16,  1871. 

ALBERT  E.  WINSHIP,  appointed  February,  1868.    Resigned  July,  1871. 

Graduated  from  this  school  July  27,  1864.  Taught  Ungraded  School  in  Gorham,  Me., 
one  term.  Principal  of  Grammar  School,  Newton,  three  years.  Assistant  in  Bridgewater 
State  Normal  School,  three  and  one  half  years.  Now  Clergyman.  Pastor  of  Congregational 
Church,  Somerville. 

MARY  H.  LEONARD,  appointed  April,  1868. 

Graduated  from  this  school  February  5,  1867.  Taught  High  and  Grammar  School  in  Long 
Meadow,  one  year.  Has  been  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  Normal  School  the  last  eight  and 
one  half  years.  Spent  the  year  1874  in  Europe. 

MARY  A.  CURRIER,  appointed  February,  1869.     Resigned  July,  1875. 
Teacher  of  Elocution  in  this  school  six  and  one  half  years.     Now  Professor  of  Elocution  in 
Wellesley  College,  Wellesley. 

FRANCIS  H.  KIRMAYER,  appointed  October,  1870. 

Graduate  of  University  at  Munich,  Bavaria.  Has  been  teacher  of  Latin,  Greek,  French  and 
German  in  this  school  the  last  six  years. 

BARRETT  B.  RUSSELL,   appointed  September,  1871. 

Graduated  from  this  school  January  26,  1869.  Principal  of  Grammar  Schools  in  Randolph 
and  Dedham  two  and  one  half  years.  Has  been  Assistant  Teacher  in  Bridgewater  Normal 
School  the  last  five  vears. 

CLARA  A.  ARMES,  appointed  September,  1871. 

Graduated  from  this  school  January  26,  1869.  First  Assistant  in  Grammar  School,  Newton- 
ville,  two  years.  Has  been  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  Normal  School  the  last  five  years. 

ISABELLA  S.  HORNE,  appointed  September,  1875. 

Graduate  of  School  of  Oratory,  Boston  University.  Teacher  of  Vocal  Culture  in  Bridge- 
water  Normal  School. 

EDITH  LEONARD,  appointed  December,  1875. 

Graduated  from  the  Advanced  Course  in  this  school  January  26,  1875.  Assistant  in  Gaston 
Grammar  School,  Boston,  nine  months.  Assistant  in  Bridgewater  Normal  School. 


SPECIAL  TEACHERS. 

MR.  S.  P.  THACHER,  Teacher  of  Music,  1854. 
E.  RIPLEY  BLANCHARD,  Teacher  of  Music,  1855  to  1860. 
MR.  O.  B.  BROWN,  "        "        «      1860  to  1864. 

HOSEA  E.  HOLT,  "        "        "       1864  to  1868. 

PROF.  WILLIAM  RUSSELL,  Teacher  of  Elocution,  1863  to  1865. 
E.  THORE,  Teacher  of  French,  1869. 


138  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL, 


ALUMNI    RECORD. 


CLASS  56.     SEPTEMBER  9,  1860. 

SAMUEL  P.  ALLEN,*  E.  Bridgewater.     T.  three  years.     Died   Sept.  17,  1874.     Elmwood. 
NATHANIEL  E.  CARVER,   Cape  Vincent,  N.  Y.     Taught  nine  years.     Principal,  Public 

School,  Sextonville,  Wis. 

S.  NELSON  GROSVENOR  *  Worcester.  2.  Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  17,  1864. 
ISAAC  K.  HARRIS,  No.  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Civil  Engineer.     20  W.  Green 

Street,  Lynn. 

HORACE  W.  HOWARD,  So.  Easton.     Taught  two  terms.     Farmer.     Cochesett. 
NOADIAH  P.  JOHNSON,  Fall  River.     Not  heard  from. 

FRANK  W.  KELLY,  Frankfort,  Me.  2.  Did  not  teach.  Lawyer.  Winterport,  Me. 
EDWIN  N.  TUPPER,  Monson.  i.  Taught  six  years.  Retired  Gentleman.  Wales. 
GEO.  A.  WHITE,  Winterport,  Me/  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  twenty-one  years.     Average,  three  and  one-half  years. 
CHARLOTTE  A.  COMSTOCK,  Swanton,  Vt.     Taught  four  years  in  Grammar  and  Normal 

Schools.     Mrs.  Charles  Tomlinson,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

SARAH  J.  HAS  WELL,  Acushnet.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  I.  V.  Braley,  Long  Plain. 
HARRIET  G.  JOSSELYN,  Bridgewater.    T.  five  yrs.  Mrs.  Rev.  H.  G.  Harris,  Guilford,  Vt. 
ALMEDA  C.  LORD,  Bicldeford,  Me.     Not  heard  from. 
FRANCES  A.  MASON,  Swansea.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  J.  P.  Barstow,  144  Willow  St., 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

SARAH  J.  TAFT,  Upton.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  D.  F.  Batchelor,  W.  Upton. 
Total  of  teaching  for  five,  twenty-one  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  57.     MARCH  20,   1861. 

JACOB  P.  ALMY,*  New  Bedford.  Did  not  teach.  Killed  at  San  Carlos,  Arizona,  May  27, 1873. 

CHARLES  B.  GUSHING,  Winterport,  Me.  i.  Did  not  teach. 

LUMAN  B.  FAIRBANKS,  N.  Reading.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

WARREN    T.  HILLMAN,  Chilmark.     Taught  seven  years.     Physician.  2723  Washington 

St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

HENRY  F.  HOWARD,  W.  Bridgewater.  T.  fourteen  years.  Grammar  School.  W.  Somerville. 
OLIVER  HOWARD,  S.  Easton.     T.  ten  years.     Supt.  of  Schools,  Weld  Co.,  Greely,  Col. 
THOMAS  S.  HOWLAND,  N.  Dartmouth.    Did  not  teach.  Civil  Engineer.  Burlington,  Iowa. 
FRANK  W.  KELLEY,  Frankfort,  Me.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Lawyer.    Winterport,  Me. 
HOWARD  W.  KELLEY,*  Frankfort,  Me.  i.  Did  not  teach.  Lost  at  sea  several  years  since. 
J.  HERBERT  LEONARD,  Norton.     Taught  two  years.     Farmer.    Easton. 
D.  SWANSON  LEWIS,  Rochester.     Taught  two  terms.     Assistant  in  Chem.  Lab.,  Bussey 

Insitute,  Jamaica  Plain. 
JOSEPH  L.  LOCKE,  Manchester,  N.    H.     Did  not  teach.     Book-keeper.   181  Jackson  St., 

Chicago,  111. 

WILLIAM  H.  MARSHALL,  E.  Douglass.   Taught  one  year.     Bootmaker.  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 
LUNAS  MENDELL,  Rochester.  3.  Did  not  teach.  Clerk.    432  Herkimer  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
WEBSTER  K.  PIERCE,  Frankfort,  Me.   i.  Did  not  teach.     Clergyman.     Brimfielcl. 
HENRY  L.  REED,*  No.  Easton.     Taught  four  years.     Died  Dec.  25,  1868. 
JEREMIAH  SWASEY,  E.  Douglas.     Not  heard  from. 
JOSHUA  TREAT,  Frankfort,  Me.  3.  Did  not  teach,     Supt.  of  Factory,  Winterport,  Me. 


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HIRAM  N.  WALKER,*  Southbridge.  i.  Died  at  Newbern,  N.  C.,  Jan.  18,  1863. 
CHARLES  H.  W.  WOOD,  Campello.     Taught  three  years.     Civil  Engineer.  9  Bainbridge 

Street,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eighteen,  forty-two  years.     Average,  two  years. 

VICTORIA  R.  BLANCHARD,  Uxbridge.  2.  T.  six  years.     Mrs.  Chas.  W.  Scott,  Uxbridge. 
LUCETTE  M.  BROWNING,  Richmond,  Vt.     Taught  two  terms.     Richmond,  Vt. 
LUCY  M.  COBB,  Rochester.     Taught  nine  years.     Berlin  Cross  Roads,  Ohio. 
MARY  F.  CUTLER,  Bedford,  N.  H.     Taught  four  years.     Bedford,  N.  H. 
SIBEL  EDSON,  West  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Zeno  Benson,  Bridgewater. 
MARY  D.  FORBES,  West  Bridgewater.  4.  Taught  four  terms.     W.  Bridgewater. 
MARY  A.  FOSTER,*  Quincy.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  O.  Wilber.     Died,  1874. 
(  I.IMENA  A.  GROVER,  W.  Bethel,  Me.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  Oliver  Howard,  Greely,  Col. 
MELITA  A.  HOLBROOK,*  Upton.     Taught  five  years.     Died  June  6,  1867. 
CAROLINE  HOWARD,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  twelve  years.     Mrs.  Bradford  Copeland, 

Campello. 

MARY  E.  KELLEY,  Acushnet.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
ROSALIE  S.  PERKINS,  Bridgewater.  3.  Did  not  teach. 

MARY  WHITMAN,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  C.  H.  W.  Wood,  Boston. 
Total  of  teaching  for  twelve,  fifty-two  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  58.     SEPTEMBER  18,  1861. 

LEROY  T.  CRAM*  Deerfield,  N.  H.     Did  not  teach.     Died  May  3,  1872. 

GEO.  T.  FORD,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  six  months.     Machinist.     Seattle,  W.  T. 

GRANVILLE  H.  GOULD,  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach.     102  High  Street,  Boston. 

LATHLEY  L.  HALEY,  Winterport,  Me.  i.  Did  not  teach.     In  business.  Winterport,  Me. 

WALTER  HALEY,  Winterport,  Me.     i.     Did  not  teach.     In  business.     Winterport,  Me. 

JOHN  W.  HOBART.  Boston,     Not  heard  from. 

CYRUS  D.  HUNT,  E.  Weymouth.      T.  one  term.     Manager  of  Ames  Tack  Co.,  Fairhaven. 

THOMAS  S.  KINGMAN,  N.  Bridgewater.  r.  Did  not  teach.   Clerk.   A.  T.  Stewart's,  N.  Y. 

CHARLES  RECCORD,  Berkley,  i.  Taught  one  year.   Trader.   Phelps,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

EDWIN  L.  SARGENT,  Lynn.   Taught  eight  years,  Lynn  High  School. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  ten  years.     Average,  two  years. 
LOUISA  L.  BALLOU,  Keene.  N.  H.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
EMILY  M.  BLANCHARD,   Millyille.     i.   Has  not  taught. 
ABBIE  F.  BOYD,  Roxbury.     Not  heard  from. 
ANNIE  E.  BOYD,  Roxbury.     Not  heard  from. 
FANNIE    C.  BROWNELL,  N.  Fairhaven.     Taught  eleven  years.     Mrs.   L.    D.    Stevens, 

Concord,  N.  H. 
EMILY  C.  CHEEVER,  Wrentham.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  L.  F.  Mendell,  432  Herkimer 

St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
MARY  F,  CLARK,  New  Bedford.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  J.  P.  Wild,  17  Chestnut  St., 

New  Bedford. 
CAROLINE  D.  FULLER,  S.  Freedom,  Me.  i.  Taught  twelve  years.     Teacher  of  Elocution 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

LUCY  P.  HATHAWAY,  N.  Dartmouth.     Taught  five  years.     New  Bedford. 
LUCIA  HOOPER,  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach.      Mrs.  Henry  T.  Pratt,  Bridgewater. 
MARY  S.  MENDELL,  N.  Fairhaven.     Taught  fourteen  years.    High  School.  New  Bedford. 

187  Middle  St. 

HANNAH  B.  MILLER,  Rockville.     Not  heard  from.     Mrs.  Charles  Beckwith,  Hartford,  Ct. 
ANGELINE  M.  QUINCY,  Quincy.     Taught  eleven  years.     Grammar  School.  N.  Attleboro. 
SOPHIA  REED,  E.  Abington.     Taught  one  term.     Mrs.  Edw.  Peabody,  Rockland, 
ISABEL  M.  RELD,  New  Bedford.     T.  ten  years.   Fifth  St.  Grammar  School.    New  Bedford. 
MARY  E.  SAWYER,  Dover,  N.  H.  4.  Did  not  teach.     Address,  Dover,  N.  H. 
CLARA  SEABURY,  Orleans.     Taught  one  term.     Teacher  of  Music.     Orleans. 
EDNA  M.  SHAW,  Sudbury.     Taught  three  terms.     Mrs.  E.  M.  Stearns,  Mansfield. 


140  £Rlt>GEWATER   STATE   NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

HEPSIBAH  F.  STEARNS,  Mansfield.     2.    Taught  one  year.     Address,  Mansfield. 
ADELAIDE  W.  TINKHAM,  Acushnet.    i.    T.  one  year.      Mrs.  J.  H.  Ricketson,  Acushnet. 
MARIA  A.  WITHERELL,  N.  Adams,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  N.  C.  Mason,  Williamstown. 
Total  of  teaching  for  seventeen,  seventy-five  years.     Average,  four  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  59.     MARCH  19,   1862. 

EDWARD  K.  ALLEN,*  Walpole.     Did  not  teach.     Lawyer.     Died  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
BRADFORD  COPELAND,  W.  Eridgewater.  4.  Did  not  teach.     Farmer.     Campello. 
HEMAN  COPELAND,  W.  Bridgewater.  4.  T.  two  years.     Market  Gardener.     Campello. 
SIMEON  J.  DUNBAR,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  eleven  years.     Grammar  School.     Arlington 
EBEN  W.  FULLER*  Montville,  Me.  i.  Died  in  Chesapeake  Hospital,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 
GORHAM  P.  GOULD,  North  Hanson,  Me.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
I).  W.  GUERNSEY,  Boston,  i.  Not  heard  from, 
J.  MILTON  HALL,  Windham,  Me.     Taught  thirteen  years.     Principal,  Grammar   School. 

Providence,  R.  I. 

GEORGE  F.  HAYWARD,  East  Bridgewater.  3.  T.  ten  years.     Salesman.     E.  Bridgewater. 
BERIAH  T.  HILLMAN,  Chilmark.     Taught  seven  years.     Trader.     West  Tisbury. 
MARCELLUS  G.  HOWARD,  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Butcher.     Bridgewater. 
WILLIAM  H.  JOHNSON,  Bridgewater.  i.     Not  heard  from. 

GEO.  H.  MARTIN,  Lynn.     Taught  thirteen  years.       State  Normal  School.      Bridgewater. 
EDWARD  H.  PEABODY,  Salem.     Taught  five  years.     Editor.     Lawrence. 
CHARLES  L.  RUSSELL,  N.  Fairhaven.  3.  Not  heard  from. 
HENRY  W.  SHAW,*  East  Bridgewater.  3.  Died  November,  1866. 
JOHN  J.  SHAW,  East  Bridgewater.     Physician.     Plymouth. 
EZRA  N.  SMITH,  Wareham.     Taught  five  years.     Clergyman.     Solon,  Maine. 
NATHAN  T.  SOULE,  Duxbury.  3.  T.  thirteen  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School.     Brockton. 
CHARLES  F.  STUART,*  Hampden,  Me.  i.    Died  in  Finley  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C., 

April  23,  1863. 

W.-  R.  SWAN,  Stoughton.  2.  Dry  Goods  Dealer.     Stoughton. 
LEMUEL  T.  TERRY,  N.  Fairhaven.     Book-keeper.     New  Bedford. 

ANDREW  J.  WATERS,  West  Sutton.     Taught  six  years.     Grammar  School.     Webster. 
TYLER  R.  WASGATT,  JR.,  Hampden  Corner,  Me.  i.    Did   not   teach.     Steamboat  Agent. 

Hampden,  Maine. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eighteen,  eighty-five  years.     Average,  five  years. 

• 

MARY   F.  BLISS,  Wrentham.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  A.  BOWMAN,  New  Bedford.     Taught  one  year.     New  Bedford. 

HELEN  B.  COFFIN,  Harrington,  Me.     Taught  twelve  years.     Mrs.  Beede,  Farmington,  Me. 

KATE  C.  GROSSMAN,  W,  Bridgewater.     Did   not   teach,     Mrs.    Maurice    Pechin,    Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

IMOGENE  L.  CUTTER,  Bridgewater.  i.  Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  F.  F.  Stone,  Bridgewater. 

MARTHA  A.  GREENE,  Allentown,  R.  I.  3.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  E.  HUGHES,  N.  Bridgewater.  i.  T.  two  years.     Music  Teacher.     Pittsburg,  Pa. 

FANNIE  E.  KILBURN,  Holden.     T.  eight  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  G.  H.  French,  Johnson,  Vt. 

SOPHRONIA  LANE,  Woburn.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  F.  A.  Gardner,  Weymouth. 

SARAH  E.  LEONARD,  E.  Marshfield.     T.  twelve  years.     Harvard    School.     Charlestown. 

ELLA  D.  PULSIFER,  Ellsworth,  Me.  T.  ten  years.  Mrs.  Frederic  Matthews,  Yarmouthport. 

MARY  E.  ROBINSON,    Winterport,    Me.     Taught   eleven   years.     Mrs.   Rev.   Theophilus 
Beaizley,  Hydesville,  Humboldt  Co.,  California. 

ELIZABETH  THOMAS,  Danville,  Vt.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

JOSEPHINE  UNDERWOOD,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  L.  W.  Chapman 
S.  Hanover. 

MARY  E.  WOOD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.-  W.  B.  Thayer,  Randolph. 
Total  of  teaching  for  twelve,  seventy-six  years.     Average,  six  years. 


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CLASS  60.     SEPTEMBER  17,  1862. 

EDWARD  E.  PERRY,*  Mansfield.  4.  Taught  one  year.     Physician.     Died  Sept.  14.  1875 
EMMA  A.  BRYANT,*  Groton.    Taught  seven  years.    Died  Nov.,  1871,  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
CAROLINE  R.  BROWN,  E.  Machias,  Me.     Taught  seven  years.     E.  Machias,  Me. 
LI/ZIE  P.  BRIGGS,  New  Bedford.     Taught  twelve  years.    High  School,  New  Bedford. 
CELIA  L'.  HAY  WARD,  Bridgewater.     Mrs.  Wales  Hay  ward,  N.  Middleboro'. 
ANTOINETTE  F.  HOWARD,   W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  five   years.     Book-keeper.     W. 

Bridgewater. 

ADDIE  L.  LUCE,  Mattapoisett.  i.  Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  J.  W.  Holmes,  Mattapoisett. 
SUSAN  B.  MILLETT,  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Frank  Dunphe,    E.  Bridgewater. 
CARRIE  MUNROE,  S.  Seekonk.     No  information. 

SARAH  S.  MUNROE,  S.  Seekonk.     Taught  twelve  years.    Grammar  School.  Lincoln,  R.  I. 
JULIA  A.  PACKARD,  N.  Bridgewater.     Taught  twelve  years.  Ungraded  School.  S.  Easton. 
MARTHA  J.  PACKARD,  N.  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  George  Farwell,  Brockton. 
CARRIE  M.  PARKER,  Mattapoisett.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Heman   Copeland,  Campello. 
ELIZA  B.  PETTIS,  Somerset.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Rev.  W.  S  Urmy,  Vallejo,  Cal. 
MARGARET  B.  PERKINS,  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach. 
BETSEY  H.  PIERCE,  Freetown.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Address,  Assonet. 
NANCY  M.  RICHARDSON,  Mattapoisett.    T.  three  years.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Caswell,  Mattapoisett. 
Total  of  teaching  for  fourteen,  sixty-five  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  61.     MARCH  11,  1863. 

JOSEPH  S.  BERRY,  N.  Wayne,  Me.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Grocer.   Wayne,  Me. 

WM.  W.  BREWSTER,  Industry,  Me.     Taught  five  years.     Inventor.  Revere. 

MELZAR  W.  CHADBOURNE,  Waterford,  Me.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

FRANK  DOLAND,  Milford.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

FRANK  M.  LAWRENCE,  Castine,  Me.     Taught  one  year.     Iron  Business.   Bangor,  Me. 

JOHN  T.  PRINCE,  Kingston.     Taught  twelve  years.     Grammar  School.     Waltham. 

EZRA  W.  SAMPSON,  Lakeville.     Taught  twelve  years.     High  School.     Newtonville. 
JAMES  M.  SAWIN,  Brookline,  N.  H.     T.  twelve  years.   Grammar  School,  Providence,  R.  I. 
"HENRY  C.  SAWIN,  Brookline,  N.  H.     Taught  twelve  years.     Grammar  School.     Newton. 

GEO.  S.  TURNER,  Foxborough.  3.  Taught  ten  years.     Watertown. 

ALBERT  E.  WINSHIP,  Cochesett.     Taught  seven  years.    Grammar  and  Normal  Schools. 
Congregational  Clergyman.    Somerville. 

Total  of  teaching  for  nine,  seventy-one  years.     Average,  eight  years. 

ABBIE  S.  ALMY,*  New  Bedford.     T.  three  years.  Mrs.  J.  M.  Sawin.     Died  Oct.  17,  1867 

KATIE  L.  W.  BARKER,  N  Dartmouth.  Taught  twelve  years.  Grammar  School.  Brookline. 

MARY  E.  BARKER,  N.  Dartmouth.     Taught  ten  years.     Primary  School.    Brookline. 

HELEN  M.  HATHAWAY,  Assonet.  3.  Taught  one  term.  Mrs.  A.  B.  Irons,  Providence,  R.  I. 

ANNA  A.  HAZARD,  N.  Dartmouth.  3.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  A.  HOLLIS,  N.  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.    Brockton. 

MARCIA  E.  JACKSON,*  Plymouth,  i.  Did  not  teach.  Mrs.  J.  P.  Gates.  Died  Jan,  20,  1873. 

MARY  E.  NASH,  Addison,  Me.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  V.  C.  Plummer,  Addison,  Me. 

SARAH  B.  PACKARD,  Marshfield.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  S.  F.  Cole,  Brockton. 

ABBIE  B.  PIERCE,  Woonsocket,  R.  I.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  B.  T.  Hillman,  W.  Tisbury. 

PHEBE  H.  POPE,  Acushnet.  3.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  G.  C.  Pierce,  Ashland. 

PHILENA  H.  ROUNSEVILLE,   Rochester.     T.  twelve  years.     Dearborn  School.  Boston 
Highlands. 

MARIA  S.  RICKETSON,  New  Bedford.  4.  Not  heard  from. 

ESTHER  M.  SIMMONS,  N.  Bridgewater.   T.  five  years.    Mrs.  T.  H.  Baxondale,  Brockton. 

MARGARET  F.  SMALL,  Barnstable.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  D.  Smith,    Putnam,  Conn 

C.  LIZZIE  STEPHENSON,  Boston.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

SARAH  S.  SWEENEY,  Cherryfield,  Me.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CLARA  A.  WHITE,  New  Bedford.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  G.  S.  Turner,  Watertown. 


142  BRIPGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

LUCRETIA  A.  WILLIAMS,  Woonsocket,  R.  I.     Not  heard  from. 

HARRIET  P.  WINN,  Nantucket.     Taught  two  teim»      Mrs.  G.  H.  Butler,  Hyde  Park. 

SUSAN  S.  WILBAR,  Bridgewater.  i  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  fifteen,  sixty-four  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  62.     SEPTEMBER  16,  1863. 

CYRUS    A.  COLE,  E.  Boston.     Taught  eleven  years.     Principal  High  School.    Reading. 

GIDEON  L.  DAVIS,  Annisquam.  2.  Taught  five  years.     Address,  Annisquam. 

SILAS  H.  HASKELL,  Minneapolis,  Minn.     Taught  nine  years.     Address,  Richmond,  Va. 

EDWARD  T.  McMANUS,*  Boston.     Taught  one  year.     Deceased. 

CHARLES  T.  PICKARD,  Hampden,  Me.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

RICHARD  W.  SHITH,  E.  Bridgewater.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  twenty-six  years.     Average,  six  and  one-half  years. 

MARY  J.  BASSETT,  Bridgewater.  4.  Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Dean,  Taunton. 

AMY  CROSBY,  Milton.     Taught  eight  years.     Married  Rev.  Mr.  Bygrave,  Hudson. 

ANNIE  T.  CLARKE,  Blackstone.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

ISABEL  L.  GUSHING.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  G.  N.  Dresser,  Holliston. 

L.  ARVILLA  DEAN,  Easton.  3.  Taught  seven  years.     Address,  Easton. 

ABBIE    M.    DOTON,    Pomfret,     Vt.     Taught   seven   years.     Mrs.   J.    K.    P.   Chamberlain, 
Woodstock,  Vermont. 

MARTHA  A.  DOWSE,  Sherborn.     Taught  one  term. 

ANNIE  E.  HASKELL,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

SUSAN  B.  HOLMES,  Kingston.  T.  eight  years.    Grammar.   9  Kmnaird  St.,  Cambridgeport. 

SARAH  HOXIE,  Easton.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

LUCIA  A.  KINGMAN,  N.  Bridgewater.  4.  Taught  ten  years.     Teaching  Grammar   School. 
Booneville,  Mo. 

EMMA  F.  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  terms.     Address,  Scotland. 

ELIZABETH  M.  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  T.  D.  Childs 
Scotland. 

ABBY  J.  MOSHER,*  Milton.     Taught  three  years.     Died  June  6,  1869. 

DORA  NICKERSON,*  S.  Harwich,  i.  Taught  ten  years.     Died  April  24,  1876. 

PHILENA  R.  PERKINS,  Pomfret,  Vt.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.   H.  B.  Parkhurst,  Barnard,  Vt. 

JOSEPHINE  P.  RAYMOND,  E.  Bridgewater.     T.  seven  years.     Mrs.  Alson  Poole,  Maiden. 

ADELAIDE  REED,  Kingston.     Taught  eleven  years.     Grammar  School.     Newton. 

HARRIET  V.  RICHARDSON,    Dracut.     Taught   four  years.     Mrs.    W.    Hammond,   Ne- 
braska City,  Neb. 

MARY  B.  RICHARDSON,  Dracut.  3.  T.  five  years.     Mrs.  C.  D.  Barrows,  New  York  City. 

EARLMIRA  M.  G.  SANBORN,  Quincy.     T.  one  term.     Mrs.  C.  M.  Leonard,  Bridgewater. 

ANNIE  F.  STANLEY,  No.  Attleboro'   .Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  W.  W.  Pratt,  Wollaston, 
Quincy. 

ABBIE  D.  WHITNEY,  New  Bedford.     Taught  eight  years.  Primary  School.  New  Bedford. 
Total  of  teaching  for  twenty,  one  hundred  and  sixteen  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  63.     MARCH  9,   1864. 

ISAAC  F.  HALL,  Dennis.     Taught  nine  years.     Principal  Washington  Grammar  School. 
Quincy,  Pt. 

FREDERICK  KNOWLTON,*  Worcester.  3.  Did  not  teach.     Killed  by  the  fall  of  an  Ele- 
vator, in  1873. 

WILLIAM  P.  A.  LAWRENCE,  Westport.  i.  Taught  one  year.     New  Bedford. 

EDWARD  W.  STEPHENSON,*  Hingham.     Taught  six  months  in  Normal  School,  Bridge- 
water.     Died  November,  1867. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  ten  years.     Average,  three  years. 

MARY  E.  BATES,  Bridgewater.     Not  heard  from. 

ELLEN  G.  BROWN,  E.  Greenwich,  R.  I.     Taught  three  years.     Mrs.  Nelson  D.  Pratt,  159 
Putnam  St.,   Cleveland,  O. 


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ELIZABETH  COBB,  Somerville.  2.  T.  eleven  years,  Grammar  School.    Boston  Highlands. 

CORA  L.  R.  DAGGETT,   Attleboro'  Falls.     T.  three  years.     Address,  Attleboro'  Falls. 

( i  KORGIANA  DECKER,  Newton.    Taught  four  years.    Mrs.  Geo.  E.  Wales,  Newton  Centre. 

MINERVA  FARNUM,  Millville.     Taught  five  years.     Address,  Millville. 

EMELINE  F.  FISHER,  Southboro.'     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Francis  C.  Tucker,  Natick. 

HATTIE  W.  FREELEY,  Pomfret,  Vt.  T.  three  years.  Mrs.  H.  W.  Chase,  W.  Randolph,  Vt. 

MARY  C.  HALL,  Cohassett.     Not  Heard  from. 

FLORENCE  A.  JENKINS,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.   H.  A.  Foster*  M. 

D.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

LEORA  B.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Geo.  D.  Davis,  Marlboro'. 
PAULINE  S.  KENNEY,*  Orleans.     Taught  two  years.     Died  Sept.  21,  1870. 
KATIE  MITCHELL,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.  Primary  School.   Bridgewater. 
MARY  F.  REED,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten  years.    Intermediate  School.    S.  Abington. 
ALICE  A.  THAYER,  Mendon.  i.  Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  H.  H.  Holbrook,  Mendon. 
ABBIE  F.  TILLSON,*  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach.     Died  March,  1866. 
LUCY  WASHBURN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years;     Mrs.  Geo.  Eaton,  92  Lippett  St., 

Providence,  R.  I. 
SUSAN  C.  WILLEY,  W.  Northwood,  N.  H.  i.  Taught  nine  years.  Coffeyville,  Montgomery 

County,  Kansas. 
MARIA'  E.  WILLIAMS,  New  Bedford,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  sixteen,  eighty-three  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  64.     SEPTEMBER  21,  1864. 

SAMUEL  T.  BOWTHORPE,   Jamaica  Plain.  3.  Taught  one  term.  Dentist.  384  Broadway, 

South  Boston. 

GEO.  D.  DAVIS,  W.  Newton,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Sales  Agent.     London,  England. 
WILLIAM  H.  LANE,  Raymond,  N.  H.     Lay  Preacher.     Raymond,  N.  H. 
EMERY  G.  WETHERBEE,  Northboro'.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Life  Insurance.     153  Tremont 

Street,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  one  term. 

ELVIRA  M.  CLARK,  Stow.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  Dr.  Geo.  P.  Lee,  Merced  City,Cal. 

ELLEN  I.  COWLS,  Milton.     Not  heard  from. 

ABBIE  M.  DEXTER,  New  Bedford.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Capt.  E.  E.  Hicks.     At  Sea. 

EUNICE  D.  HEDGE,*  Plymouth.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  F.  E.  Damon.     Died  July  7,  1870. 

HARRIET  A.  HOLBROOK,  Joppa  Village.     T.  five  years.     Bookkeeper.     E.  Bridgewater. 

MARY  A.  HOLMES,  Putnam,  Conn.   i.  Not  heard  from. 

FANNIE  HO  WLAND,*  Bridgewater.     T.  three  years.     Mrs.  D.  Hadley,     Died  Feb.  8.  1872. 

MARTHA  A.  KINGMAN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  nine  years.     Primary  School.     Taunton. 

ANNA  LORD,  Ellsworth,  Me.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  twenty-seven  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  65.      MARCH  8,  1865. 

C.  IRVING  FISHER,  Canton.  3.  Taught  two  years.     Physician.     Brookline. 
EDWARD  L.  HERSEY,  Cochesett.     T.  nine  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School.     Taunton. 
THOMAS  S.  HOLMES,  W.  Bridgewater.  2.  Canal  and  Gate  Keeper.  9  Broadway,  Lawrence. 
E.  F.  LOCKE,  Rochester,  N.  H.  T.  Taught  eight  years.     High  and  Grammar  School.     New 

Castle,  N.  H. 

EUGENE  SANFORD,  E.  Bridgewater.     T.  five  years.     Bookkeeper.     Pawtucket,  R.  I. 
W.  CLIFTON  SPRING,  Sandwich,  i.  Taught  seven  years.     High  School.     Wellfleet. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  thirty-one  years.     Average,  five  years. 

ANNIE  L.  ARNOLD,  S.  Braintree.   i.  Taught  eight  years.     Grammar  School.     Peabody. 
ELLA  A.  BRETT,  E.  Stoughton.  3.  Taught  two  terms.     Mrs  J.  P.  Beal.     Holbrook. 
MARY  I.  BURGESS,  Grafton,  Vt.  2.  Taught  three  years.     Grafton,  Vermont. 
LOUISA  F.  COPELAND,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  A.  S.  Lyon.     Bridgewater. 


144  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

HATTIE  W.  DAVIDSON,*  Easton.  3.  Taught  one  year.     Died  January  31,  1875. 

NELLIE  C.  DAVIS,  E.  Falmouth.  i.  T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Baker.     E.  Falmouth. 

LUCINA  DUNBAR,  W.  Bridgevvater.     Taught  ten  years.     Grammar  School.     Hyde  Park. 

ESTHER  EMERSON,  Reading.     Taught  five  years.     Primary  School.     Medfield. 

ISABELLA  J.  FULLER,  Kingston,   i.  Not  heard  from. 

C.  FANNIE  GOULD,*  Falmouth.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Died  April  i,  1869. 

SARAH  J.  KEITH,  Middleborough.  3.  Not  heard  from. 

AMANDA  F.  KING,  Tiverton,  R.  I.     T.  nine  years.     Grammar  School.     Fall  River. 

MARY  H.  LEONARD,  Bridgewater-     T.  ten  years.     State  Normal  School.     Bridgewater. 

HANNAH  O.  NO  YES,  Elmwood.     Taught  nine  years.     Mrs.  Lucien  Eaton,  1621  Olive  St., 

St.  Louis. 

MARY  E.  H.  OTTWELL,  New  Bedford.     T.  nine  years.     Lawrence  Gram.  School.  Boston. 
ENNA  M.  PACKARD,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  J.  D.  Packard,  Brockton. 
HANNAH  M.  RICHMOND  *  W.  Bridgewater.  3.  Taught  four  years.     Died  June  24,  1873 
SARAH  A.  SPAULDING,  Easton.  3.  Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Wm.  B.  Howard,  Taunton. 
FLORA  C.  SWIFT.  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten  years.     Grammar  School.     Bridgewater. 
OLENA  A.  WAKEFIELD,  Reading.     Taught  ten  years.    Primary  School.    Brockton. 
ALLA  F.  YOUNG,  Bridgewater.     Taught  ten-years.    High  School.    Gloucester. 

Total  of  teaching  for  nineteen,  one-hundred  and  fifteen  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  66.     SEPTEMBER  20,  1865. 

LEICESTER  F.  BENTON,  Vergennes,  Vt.   Taught  ten  years.    Bristol  Academy.  Bristol,  Vt. 

JOHN  D.  BILLINGS,  Canton.     Taught  nine  years.     Principal,  Webster   Grammar  School. 
Cambridgeport. 

JOSEPH  E.  BOWERS,   Kellysville,   Pa.     T.  six  years.     Dry  Goods  dealer.  Kellsville,  Pa. 

DARIUS  HADLEY,  Chicopee  Falls.     Taught  nine  years.     Sub  Master,  Harvard  Grammar 
School.     Charlestown. 

CHARLES  M.  HAFEY,  Cincinnati,  O.     Not  heard  from. 

JOHN  E.  PILLING,  Clifton,  Pa.     Did  not  teach.     Millwright.     Clifton,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  C.  RAYMOND,  W.  Weymouth.  2  Not  heard  from. 

ALBERT  F.  RING,  Worcester.     Taught  nine  years.     Master,  Hillside  Grammar  School.  Ja- 
maica Plain,  Boston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  six,  forty-three  years.     Average,  seven  years. 

JOSEPHINE  L.  AUSTIN,  Norton.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  H.  C.  Crane,  Franklin. 

ELLA  R.  AVERILL,  Quincy.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  E.  BALDWIN,  Foxborough.     Taught  two  terms.     Mrs.  J.  D.  Nesbitt,  Foxborough. 

RUTH  F.  BOURNE,  W.  Wareham.  5.  Taught  nine  years.     Mixed   School.     W.  Wareham. 

TULIA  E.  BRYANT,  S.  Groton.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

LOTTIE  E.  BURSE,  Plymouth.  4.  Taught  eight  years.     Intermediate  School.     Plymouth. 

HATTIE  A.  COBB,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught   eight   years.     Intermediate.     E.  Bridgewater. 

ISABELLA  F.  CRAPO,  Bridgewater.     Taught  nine  years.     Grammar  School.     Bridgewater. 

HELEN  L.  FULLERTON,  S.  Abington.  i.  Did  not  teach.  Mrs.  Helen  L.  Alden,  S.  Abington. 

ELLEN  E.  GO  WARD,  N.  Easton.  i.  Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  Everett  R.  Leonard,  Norton. 

ELLEN  HAY  WARD,  Plympton.     Not  heard  from. 

MARIA  McCARTER,*  E.  Bridgewater.  3.  Did  not  teach.     Died  April  30,  1868. 

ALICE  RICHARDS,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  J.  S.  Allen,  E.  Bridgewater. 

LIZZIE  S.  RIDDELL,  Nantucket.     Taught  nine  years.     Private  School.     Nantucket. 

ALICE  SANDERS,  Fall  River.     Taught  eight  years.     Mrs.  Albert  Pitts,  Fall  River. 

LUCIE  M.  WASHBURN,  E.  Freetown.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  P.  C.  WHITNEY,  Southborough.  T.  three  years.  Mrs.  J.  D.  Billings,  Cambridgeport. 

SARAH  W.  WITTET,  Marion,  i.  Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  J.  M.  Davis,  Fall  River. 

LIZZIE  A.  WINWARD,  Fall    River.     Taught   nine    years.      Master's    Assistant,    Andrew 
School.     S.  Boston. 

MARY  A.  YOUNG,  Lawrence.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  fifteen,  eighty-four  years.     Average,  five  years. 


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CLASS  67.     MARCH  14,   1866. 

WILLIAM:  B.  AT  WOOD,    Middleborough.      Taught   nine   years.      Sub-Master,    Winthrop 

Grammar  School.     Charlestown. 

Kl  >WARD  CROWNINSHIELD,  2D,  Marblehead.  2.  Did  not  teach.  Clergyman.  W.  Dedham. 
HORACE  A.  FREEMAN,  Provincetown.  T.  eight  years.  Grammar  School.  Provincetovvn. 
ALONZO  MESERVE,  N.  Abington.  Taught  nine  years.  Sub-Master,  Prescott  Grammar 

School.     Charlestown. 

HENRY  PERKINS,  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

WILLIAM  H.  RUSSELL,  Dartmouth.     Taught  eight  years.     Academy.     Burnet,  Texas. 
JOHN  SUTCLIFFE,  Fall  River.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
BRAINARD  P.  TRASK,*  Fitchburg.  3.  Taught  four  years.     Died  Sept.  29,  1870. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  thirty-eight  years.     Average,  five  and  one-half  years. 
ELLA  M.  ARMES,  Barrington,  N.  H.     Taught  seven  years.     Primary  School.     Brockton. 
1 1  A  R  K I KT  A.  CHASE,  Nantucket.     Not  heard  from/ 

CKORGIANA  DUCKWORTH,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Bridgewater. 
HARRIET  L.  FISKE,  Templeton.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  James  Price,  Warehouse  Pt.,  Conn. 
SARAH  F.  HARRIS,*  Catskill,  N.  Y.     Died,  August,  1867.     No  information. 
LAURA  N.   HOWLAND,    Fairhaven.  3.  Taught  Private  School.     Mrs.  S.   H.   Dudley,  17 

Dunster  St.,  Fairhaven. 
HARRIET  M.  HOWLAND,  Fairhaven.  2.  Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  High  School. 

Fairhaven. 

IMOGENS  A.  LAWRENCE,  Bridgewater.     T.  one  year.     Mrs.  E.  S.  Knapp,  Bridgewater. 
ELLA  F.  PEABODY,  Newport,  R.  I.    Taught  nine  years.   Grammar  School.   Newport,  R.  I. 
MARY  L.  PRESCOTT,  Randolph.     Taught  five  years.     Address,  Randolph. 
KM. MA  A.  PRESCOTT,  Reading.     Taught  two  terms.    Reading. 
EMMA  J.  PRICE,  Warehouse  Point,  Ct.  i.  Taught  six  years.     Denver,  Col. 
MARTHA  B.  SAWYER,  Campello.  i.    Not  heard  from. 

EDNA  C.  TILLEY,  Newport,  R.  I.  i.  T.  seven  years.  Mrs.  J.  F.  Chase,  in  Broadway,  N.  Y. 
HELEN  E.  WILLIAMS,  Middleborough.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eleven,  forty-four  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  68.     SEPTEMBER  11,  1866. 

SAMUEL  J.  BULLOCK,  Salem.  Taught  eight  years.  Master,  Bunker  Hill  Grammar 
School.  Charlestown. 

JAMES  A.  FRANCIS,  Westport.     Taught  three  years.     Carpenter.     Westport. 

EDWARD  A.  GROSSMAN,  Newtonville.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

NOAH  HATHAWAY,  Freetown.     Taught  one  term.     Pattern  maker.     Vallejo,  Cal. 

WALTER  HOXIE,  Newburyport.  4.     T.  seven  years.     Grammar  School.     Newburyport. 

MOSES  W.  D.  HURD,  Boston.  Taught  eight  years.  Farm  School,  Boston.  Address  care 
.of  F.  A.  Sproul,  Esq.,  Allston. 

CHARLES  H.  KEITH,  Campello.     T.  five  years.     Grammar  School.     Norwich,  Conn. 

WILLIAM  A.  SYMMES,  Beverly.  3.  T.  eight  years.  Principal,  Academy.  Belvidere,  N.  C. 
Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  thirty-nine  years.  Average,  six  years. 

EDDIE  A.  AVERY,  East  Machias,  Maine,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ISABELLA  J.  DUNHAM.  S.  Carver,  i.  Taught  nine  years.  Dearborn  School.  Boston.  Ad- 
dress, Beverly. 

ELLA  A.  ELLIOTT,  Manchester,*  N.  H.  2.  Taught  two  years.     Died  February,  1876. 

SUSAN  W.  KIRBY,  Fall  River.     Taught  seven  years.     Factory  School.     Fall  River. 

LAURA  A.  LEONARD,  S.  Middleborough.     T.  eight  years.     Grammar  School.     Maiden. 

CLARA  F.  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  six  years.      Mrs.  Dr.  C.  I.  Fisher,  Brookline. 

FLORA  McFARLAND  *  Fall  River.     Died  June  7,  1869. 

MARY  E.  MINTER,  Plymouth.     T.  eight  years.     Prin.,  Grammar  School.     Newton  Centre. 

MARY  C.  PEABODY,  Cambridge.  2.  T.  six  years.  Private  Kindergarten.  New  Bedford. 
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146  BRIPGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

ROSA  C.  SHAW,  Carver.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  H.  H.  Hayden,  S.  Carver. 
SARAH  R.  WALKER,  Dighton.     Taught  seven  years.     Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Sears,  Dighton. 
CORA  I.  YOUNG,  Boston.     Taught  five  years.     Primary  School.     Quincy. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eleven,  sixty-three  years.     Average,  six  years. 

CLASS  69.     FEBRUARY.   19,   1867. 

MERRICK  J.  FAY,  Worcester.     Taught  two  terms.     Photographer.      Worcester. 
MELVIN  C.  FRENCH,  Berkley.     Did  not  teach.     Tack  Factory.     S.  Abington. 
PHILANDER  A.  GAY,  Rockville.     Taught  seven  years.     Grammar  School.    Milton. 
HIRAM  L.  HUTCHINSON,  S.  Danvers.  3.  Taught  three  years.     Teaching.     W.  Peabody. 
NATHANIEL  S.  KEAY,  Rockville.     Taught  one  year.     Clerk.  .  Bridgewater. 
BARRETT  B.  RUSSELL,  Dartmouth.     T.  seven  years.  State  Normal  School.  Bridgewater. 
THOMAS  H.  TREADWAY,  Bridgewater.   Taught  four  years.    Grammar  School.    Harvard. 

Total  of  teaching  for  seven,  twenty-three  years.     Average,  three  years. 

CLARA  A.  ARMES,  Harrington,  N.  H.   T.  seven  years.  State  Normal  School.   Bridgewater. 
MARY  C.  BABCOCK,  Natick.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  A.  E.  Reynolds,  Natick. 
MARY  A.  DAVIS,  Fairhaven.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

OLIVIA  S.  HOLMES,  W.  Bridgewater.  4.  Taught  two  years.     Address,  N.  Bridgewater. 
CLARA  KENRICK,  S.  Orleans.     Taught  seven  years.     High  School.    Cotuit  Port. 
SARAH  A.  LEWIS,  Fall  River.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Edw.  A.   Williams,  36  Washing- 
ton St.,  Fall  River. 

LUCIA  MILLETT,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.     Teaching.  East  Bridgewater. 
LUCRETIA  G.  QSBORNE,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  seven  years.     Teaching  Mixed  School. 

Brockton. 

HELEN  L.  PENNIMAN,*  S.  Braintree.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Died  August  30,  1870. 
SARAH  L.  PORTER,  S.  Braintree.  3.  T.  three  years.     Mrs.  A.  R.  French.     S.  Braintree. 
SARAH  E.  PRATT,  Reading.     Taught  seven  years.     Primary  School.     Newton. 
BETSY  P.  SIMMONS,  W.  Duxbury.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Address,  W.  Duxbury. 
ABBIE  SMITH,  E.  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Isaac  N.  Clements,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
CORNELIA  SMITH,  Easton.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

MELORA  A.  WHITCOMB,  Templeton.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  A.  E.  Bragg.     Taunton. 
Total  of  teaching  for  thirteen,  fifty-one  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  70.     SEPTEMBER-  10,  1867. 

HENRY  J.  CLARKE,  Southbridge.     Taught  three  years.     Attorney  at  Law.     Oxford. 
JAMES  E.  LEACH,  Scotland,  i.  Taught  one  year.     Student  of  Law.     Boston. 
JAMES  N.  PARKER,  Marblehead.     Taught   seven  years.     Grammar  School.     W.  Dedham. 
HENRY  W.  SMITH,  Russell's  Mills,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CHARLES  R.  COFFIN,  Auburn,  Me.     Taught  six  years.     Instructor  in  Greek.     University 
Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Total  of  teaching  for  four,  seventeen  years.     Average,  four  years. 

EVANTIA  F.  CHESLEY,  Fall  River.     Not  heard  from. 

ELLA  F.  CHURCHILL,  W.  Bridgewater.     Not  heard  from. 

MARY  C.  COON,  Cotuit  Port.  3.  Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Crocker.     Watertown. 

ETTIE  CROUCHER,  Newport,  R.  I.  i.  Taught  three  terms.     Newport,  R.  I. 

IDA  G.  DECKER,  Newton  Centre.  3.  Taught  six  years.     Mixed  School.     Foxborough. 

EMMA  C.  EDSON,  Elmwood.     T.  seven  years.     Teaching  Intermediate  School.  Fall  River. 

ELLEN  G.  FISHER,  Yarmouth  Port.     T.  four  years.     Mrs.  E.  P.  Adams.     Honolulu,  S.  I. 

SARAH  F.  GARDNER,  Newport,  R.  I.     T.  two  years.     22  Washington  Place,  N.  Y.  City. 

CHARLOTTE  E.  HAMMOND,  Carver.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  A.  R.  Eames.     N.  Carver. 

SUSAN  V.  JAMES,  Fall  River.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

SUSAN  M.  LEACH,  Scotland.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  H.  J.  Clarke.     Oxford. 

CARRIE  W.  LEACH,  Scotland.     Taught  six  years.     Mrs.  H.  K.Braley.     Fall  River. 

IDA  A.  NOYES,  Elmwood.     T.  seven  years.     Teaching  a  Kindergarten.     Wilmington,  Del. 

EMMA  W.  PECKHAM,  Middletown,  R.  I.  i.  T.  five  years.     Newport,  R.  I.     Box  152. 


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LAURA  B.  PECKHAM,  Middletown,  R.  I.  i.  Taught  three  terms.  Mrs.  L.  B.  Barney, 
Newport,  R.  I.  « 

LVDIA  A.  RYDER,  W.  Bridgewater.  Taught  three  years.  Mrs.  H.  H.  Harlow,  W. 
Bridge  water. 

MARTHA  R.  SMITH,*  Assonet.  i.  Died,  Jan.  27,  1868. 

LAURA  A.  THOMAS,  S.  Carver.  Taught  six  years.  Grammar  Schools.  Address,  S.  Carver. 

MARY  G.  WESTGATE,  Fairhaven.  Taught  six  years.  Mrs.  R.  H.  Whitelaw,  617  N.  Sec- 
ond St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

LUCRETIA  F.  WYER*,  Nantucket.  Taught  three  years.  Mrs.  S.  F.  Hatch,  N.  Marshfield. 
Died  Feb.  6,  1876. 

Total  of  teaching  for  sixteen,  sixty-seven  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  71.     FEBRUARY  22,    1868. 

JOSIAH  G.  BASSETT,  Bridgewater.     Graduated  from  advanced  course.     Taught  four  years. 
Usher,  Bigelow  School,  Boston. 

ALFRED  H.  CAMPBELL,  Litchfield,  N.  H.  Taught  five  years.  Academy.   Kingston,  N.  H. 

WILLIAM  H.  CROCKER,  Barnstable,  Taught  six  years.     Grammar  School.    Watertown. 

JOSHUA  M.  DILL,  Wellfleet.  Graduated  from  advanced  course.  Taught  four  years.  Sub- 
Master,  Andrew  School.  S.  Boston. 

LORENZO  B.  GRIGSON,  Marston's  Mills.  Taught  four  years.  Grammar  School.  W. 
Somerville. 

JOHN  N.  PIERCE,  Edgartown.     Not  heard  from. 

ALPHONSO  H.  POWERS,  Hollis,  N.  H.  Taught  six  years.  Grammar  School.  Address, 
Hollis,  N.  H. 

-  Total  of  teaching  for  six,  twenty-nine  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLARA  BARTLEY,  Windham,  N.  H.     T.  six  years.     Mrs.  C.  Whittemore,  St  George,  Me. 

EMILY  E.  BOUTELLE,  Leominster.  i.  Mrs.  H.  C.  Fuller.     Leominster. 

CYNTHIA  P.  BOUTELLE,  Leominster.  i.  T.  three  years.  Intermediate  School.  Leominster. 

MARIA  F.  BRAY,  Yarmouth  Port.     T.  fiye  years.     Intermediate  School.     Yarmouth  Port. 

ELLEN  F.  CROCKER,  W.  Barnstable.     Taught  six  years.     Grammar  School.     Hyannis. 

ELLEN  M.  GIFFORD,  Westport.     Taught  five  years.   Mrs.  L.  E.  Leland,  Newton  L.  Falls. 

HATTIE  E.  GREENFIELD,  Plympton.     Taught  two  terms.     North  Plympton. 

FANNIE  HALL,  Marshfield..    T.  six  years.     Grammar  School.     Revere. 

SARAH'  M.  HAMBLY,  Fall  River.     Taught  six  years.     Primary  School.     Fall  River. 

ABBIE  M.  MAY,  Randolph.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Alonzo  Meserve.     Charlestown. 

CHLOE  G.  MOORE,  Falmouth.     T.  three  terms.     Mrs.  B.  S.  Bowerman.     W.  Falmouth. 

HANNAH  S.  MOORE,  Falmouth.     Taught  six  years.     Grammar  School.     Falmouth. 

DELIA  T.  MUNROE,  Attleborough.  T.  five  years.  Mrs.  Henry  J.  Smith.  Central  Falls,  R.I. 

LOELLA  R.  PARKER,  Reading.  3.  T.  one  year.     Mrs.  A.  E.  Winship,     Somerville. 

MARY  F.  PAULL,  Myricksville.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CORNELIA  J.  F.  PIERCE,  Fall  River.     Did  not  teach. 

SUSAN  R.  REED,  Fall  River.     Taught  six  years.     Grammar  School.     Fall  River. 

ELIZA  RICHARDS,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  E.  Bridgewater. 

EMELINE  L.  ROGERS,  Orleans.     Taught  five  years.     Grammar  School.     Maiden. 

MAGGIE  L.  SHEA,  Newton  Centre.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  Michael  Driscoll.     Brookline. 

MARY  A.  A.  SHEA,  Newton  Centre.     Taught  two  years. 

LIZZIE  S.  TENNEY,  Antrim,  N.  H.     Taught  one  year.     S.  Antrim,  N.  H. 

SUSAN  O.  THOMAS,  Middleborough.  4.  T.  three  years.  Mrs.  S.  L.  Goodspeed,  Osterville. 

LIZZIE  O.  TISDALE,  Leominster.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  O.  A.  Andrews.     E.  Milton. 

HATTIE  E.  WINCHESTER,  Westport.     Taught  six  years.     Westport. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twenty  four,  eighty-eight  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  72.     SEPTEMBER  8,  1868. 

ALFRED  A.  BENNETT,  Milford,  N.  H.  3.  Taught  three  years.  Student,  Mich.  Un.,  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich. 


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148  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

CLARENCE  BOYLSTON,  Duxbury.    Taught  one  year.    Graduated  from  Advanced  Course. 
»     Principal,  Grammar  School.    Milton. 

JOSHUA  A.  CROCKER,  Provincetown.     Taught  two  years.     Trader.  Provincetown. 

EDGAR  J.  DUNBAR,  Cochesett.     Not  heard  from, 

REVERDY  HALL,  Baltimore,  M.  D.  Did  not  teach.  Physician.  266  South  Sharp  St.  Bal- 
timore, Md. 

SUMNER  A.  IVES,  Holyoke.   i.  Taught  three  years.     Baptist  Clergyman.    Alfred,  Me. 

FRANCIS  G.  PRATT,  E.  Middleboro'.     Salesman  with  Lee  &  Shepard.     Boston. 

DANIEL  D.  SMITH,  Rutland.     Taught  five  years.     Address,  Rutland. 

JAMES  E.  T.  TONER,  Boston. 

WILLIAM  E.  J.  VARNEY,  Lawrence.     T.  five  years.     Grammar  School.      W.  Brookfield. 
Total  of  Teaching  for  eight,  nineteen  years.     Average,  three  years. 

ANNA  L.  ADAMS,  W.  Medway.     Taught  six  years.     Primary  School.      Brockton. 

EMMA  BAKER,  Standish,  Me.  i.  Taught  three  years.     47  Tobey  St.  Providence,  R.  I. 

LEMIRA  BENSON,  Bridgewater.     Taught  six  years.     Mixed  School.    Bridgewater. 

EMILY  A.  BOSWORTH,  Quincy.     Taught  six  years.     Primary  School.    Quincy  Point. 

LUCY  S.  BRECK,  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  years.     High  school.     Bridgewater. 

MATILDA  J.  BUMP,  Lakeville.     Taught  three  years.     Mixed  School.     Lakeville. 

MARY  E.  CAMPBELL,*  Bath,  Me.     3     Died  February  24,  1871. 

KATIE  H.  COOK,  So.  Boston.     Taught  three  years.     Address,  So.  Boston. 

SALLIE  B.  CRAYTON,  Dadeville,  Ala.     2.    Not  heard  from. 

LUCIE  E.  CURTIS,  Campello.     Taught  five  years.     Grammar  School.    Campello. 

JENNIE  E.  DAVIS,  Natick.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  E.  EATON,  Quincy.    2.    Not  heard  from. 

MARY  E.  ELDREDGE,  Foxborough.   i.    Not  heard  from. 

SOPHIA  W.  FRENCH,  Quincy.  i.    T.  seven  years.    Minot  School.    Walnut  St.,  Dorchester. 

ALICE  HAMMETT,  Newport.  R.  I.     Taught  six  years.     Primary  School.     Newport,  R.  I. 

LIZZIE  HAMMETT,  Newport,  R.  I.     Taught  six  years.     Grammar  School.    Newport,  R  .1. 

ESTHER  HAMILTON,  Newport,  R.  I.  Taught  six  years.  Grammar  School.  Newport,  R.  I. 

MARY  C.  HARDEN,  Bridgewater.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  Rev.  Wm.  P.  Elsdon,  Hyannis. 

HELEN  HARLOW,  S.  Middleborough.     T.  five  years.     Mixed  School.  Rock.    Middleboro'. 

HANNAH  HOWES,*  E.  Dennis.     Taught  one  term.     Died  September  25,  1872. 

MARIA  J.  KAVANAGH,  Newport,  R.  I.      T.  six  years.   Grammar  School.     Newport,  R.  I. 

SARAH  J.  KEITH,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  four  years.     Mrs.  R.  G.  Holmes,  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

AFFIE  H.  MACURDA,  S.  Boston.  3.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  F.  PATCH,  Lynn.  2.  Taught  seven  years.     Principal,  Grammar  School.     Nahant. 

ELLEN  W.  PETERSON,  W.  Duxbury.     Taught  four  years.     Auburndale. 

MARTHA  M.  RING,  Milford.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  Bateman,  1073  Washington  St.,  Boston 

FLORENCE  A.  SMITH,  Boston,  i.  T.  three  years.     Address,  13  Warren  Ave.,  Boston. 

HANNAH  A.  SMITH,  Rutland.     T.  five  years.     Grammar  School.     Boston  Highlands. 

HANNAH  W.  SMITH,  Westport.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  D.  D.  Smith.     Westport. 

MARTHA  E.  SMITH,*  Rutland  2.  Died  December  4,  1869. 

MARY  M.  SMITH,  Lynn.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

ANGENETTE  F.  TINKHAM,  Bridgewater.     T.  six  years.     Grammar  School.      Newton. 
Total  for  teaching  for  twenty-three,  one  hundred  and  twelve  years.     Average,  five  years. 

CLASS  73.     FEBRUARY,  23,  1869. 

CHARLES  F.  ADAMS,  E.  Brookfield.  Taught  four  years.  Assistant  Teacher.  State  Nor- 
mal School.  Worcester,  31  Laurel  St. 

GEORGE  B.  CARR,  N.  Bridgewater.  i.  Did  not  teach.  Lawyer.  210  S.  Seventh  St. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

CHARLES  HAMMOND,  S.  Harwich.  T.  five  and  one  half  years.  Teaching.  Grammar 
School,  Ipswich. 

GEORGE  T.  HUNT,  Randolph.     Dry  Goods  and  Grocery  Dealer.     Stoughton. 


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JAMES  H.  LEONARD,  Scotland.  Taught  two  and  one  half  years.  Student.  Oberlin 
College,  Ohio. 

EDWARD  B.  MAGLATHLIN,  E.  Boston.  Taught  two  years.  Student  in  Harvard  Theo- 
logical School.  E.  Boston. 

JAMES  POWELL,  Haverhill.     T.  five  and  one  half  years.     High  School.   Keene,  N.  H. 

JAMES  J.  PRENTISS,  N.  Weymouth.     T.  five  years.    Principal  Grammar  School.    Revere. 

WILLIAM  M.  SAWIN,  Manchester,  VN.  H.  T.  one  year.  Clerk.  146  Oliver  St..  Boston. 
Total  of  teaching  for  nine,  twenty-six  years.  Average,  three  years. 

ABBIE-  J.  ADAMS,  E.  Brookfield.   Taught  five  years.  Teacher  in  Bigelow  School.  S.  Boston. 
SARAH  P.  ALDRICH,  E.  Bridgewater.     3.    Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Christie, 

Kittery  Pt.  Me. 
ANNETTA  F.  ARMES,  Campello.     Taught  four  and  one  half  years.     Assistant  in  Comins 

School.    Boston. 
ELLEN  M.  BUTTOMER,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  five  and  one  half  years.     Teaching. 

E.  Bridgewater. 

MARY  E.  CHASE,  Chilmark.     Not  heard  from. 

CARRIE  A.  COPELAND,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  E.  T.  Ripley,  Plymouth. 
SUSAN  A.  CRAPO.     Fall  River,   i.  Taught  six  years.     Teaching  in  Fall  River. 
MARY  C.  CROSBY,  E.  Orleans.     Taught  two  years.     Address,  E.  Orleans. 
CAROLINE  A.  DUGAN,  Brewster.  2.  Has  not  taught. 
FANNIE  GIFFORD,  New  Bedford,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ANNIE  J.  HANDY,  Barnstable.      T.  five  and  one-half  years.     Primary  School.  Fall  River. 
SARAH  A.  HATHAWAY,  Somerset.  2.  Taught  six  and  one-half  years.     Somerset. 
HELEN  E.  HOOD,  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.  2.  Not  heard  from. 
GRACE  F.  HOWES,  Bridgewater.     Has  not  taught.     Barnstable. 
FLORA  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  and  one-half  years.     Bridgewater. 
LIZZIE  E.  MORSE,  Quincy.  i.  Taught  seven  years.     Primary  School.     Quincy. 
CARRIE  M.  NICHOLS,  Berkley.  2.  Taught  five  years.  -  Mrs.  A.  J.  Alden.  Providence,  R.  I. 
ABBIE  H.  PACKARD,  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
MARY  A.  PARKER,  Bridgewater.  2.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Barnes,  Bridgewater. 
ANNIE  L.    PERRY,    Fall   River,    i.  Not  heard  from. 

L<  >  TTIE  F.  PRATT,  Nantucket.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  L.  F.  Church,  Taunton. 
CORINNA  E.  PURINTON,  Somerset  2.  Taught  six  and  one-half  years.     Somerset. 
EMMA  A.  RANDALL,  N.  Abington.     Taught  five  years.     N.  Abington. 
SYLVIA  N.  STACKPOLE,*  W.  Bridgewater.   T.  two  and  a  half  years.  Died  Nov.  20,  1873. 
LIZZIE  M.  STUBBERT,  Deerfield,  N.  H.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  F.  TAGGART,  Peterboro,  N.  H.  i.  Taught  six  and  one  haff  years.  Hanesville,  Md. 
ANNIE  S.  WILLIAMS,*  Townsend  Centre.  3.  Taught  two  years.     Died 'May  20,  1875. 
SARAH  C.  WINN,  Nantucket.     Taught  five  and  one-half  years.     Gaston  School.      Boston. 
BESSIE  M.  YOUNG,  W.  Chatham.     Taught  six  and  one-half  years.     Barrington,  R.  I. 
Total  of  teaching  for  twenty-two  eighty-six  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  74.     SEPTEMBER  7,  1869. 

BENJAMIN  S.  ANDREW,  Danvers.     Taught  four  and  one  half  years.  Principal,  Grammar 

School.     Watertown. 

ORRIN  A.  ANDREWS,  Essex.     Taught  five  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School.     E.Milton. 
ARTHUR  C.  BOYDEN,    Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year  in  High  School.     Graduated  at 

Amherst  College,  1876. 

GEORGE  M.  CONANT,  Bridgewater.    3.    Did  not  teach.     Clerk.     Bridgewater. 
JAMES  E.  COTTER.  Marlborough.   4.   Did  not  teach,     Att'y  at  Law.  22  Old  State  House, 

Boston. 

THOMAS  F.  DESMOND,  N.  Braintree.    i.  Did  not  teach.     Lawyer.     Braintree. 
WILLIAM  F.  HAYWARD,  Watertown.    T.  four  years.  French's  Business  College.  Boston. 
FRED  MERRILL,    S.  Randolph.    3.     Has  not  taught.     Grocer.     Brookville. 


150  BRtpGK  WATER    STATE    NORMAL   SCHOOL. 

FRANKLIN  H.  PIERCE,  Edgartown.   3.    Student.     Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

WILLIAM  A.  SANDERSON,  Newton  Centre.     T.  one  year.     Farmer.     Newton  Centre. 

ELI  S.  SANDERSON,  Newton    Centre.      Taught   one   year.     Graduated  from   Advanced 
Course.     Manufacturer.     Bridgewater. 

JAMES  C.  WOOD,    Bridgewater.    2.    Boxmaker.     Bridgewater. 

SOLOMON  W.  YOUNG,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.    i.    Did  not  teach.     Physician.    Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Total  of  teaching  for  thirteen,  sixteen  years.     Average,  one  and  one  half  years. 

LAURA  E.  BAKER,  E.  Brewster.  i.  Taught  six  years.     Teaching  in  Brewster. 

MARIA  S.  BANCROFT,  Reading,     Taught  five  years.     Teaching  in  Bedford. 

CARRIE  M.  BARROWS,  Searsport,  Me.     Taught  five  years.     Grammar  School.     Revere. 

ELLEN  F.  BRALEY,  Middleborough.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Dighton. 

HARRIET  E.  BROWN,  Randolph,  i.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Thomas  Hall.     Campello. 

JULIA  A.  COBB,  Marion.     Taught  three  years.     Reading. 

MARY  J.  COOK,  Brookbury,  C.  E.  i.  Taught  one  term.     Brookbury,  P.  Q. 

JOSEPHINE  DODGE,  S.  Boston,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

EMILY  J.  GALLAGHER,  W.  Bridgewater.  3.  Did  not  teach. 

SARAH  A.  GOSS,  Rye,  N.  H.  2.  Taught  five  years.     Teaching  in  Rye,  N.  H. 

ANNA  R.  HALEY,  Baltimore,  Md.  i.  Taught  six  years.  Principal,  Colored  Academy.   Lake 
City.     Forida. 

CLARA  J.  HANDY,  W.  Barnstable.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

ELLA  F.  HANDY,  BaVnstable.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Barnstable. 

HELEN  M.  HILLS.  Manchester,  N.  H.     Taught  five  years.     Everett  School.     Dorchester. 

ABBIE  M.  HINCKLEY,  Centreville.     Taught  five  years.     Teaching  in  Osterville. 

JULIA  B.  HODGES,  Norton.  3.  Taught  five  years.     Teaching  in  Norton. 

HARRIET  A.  LOTHROP,  E.  Stoughton.  2.  Taught  one  year.     E.  Stoughton. 

CHARLOTTE  McDANIELS,  Lowell.  2.  Taught  five  years.     Teaching.    Newton  Centre. 

EDITH  McLEOD,  Middleborough.     Taught  five  years.     Teaching  in  Pierce  Academy.  Mid- 
dleborough. 

HARRIET  H.  MORSE,  Quincy.     Taught  five  years.    Principal,  Grammar  School.     Quincy. 

ELLEN  R.  PAGE,  Peterborough,  N.  H.     T.  five  years.     Mrs.  A.  S.  Hodge,  E.  Templeton. 

CHARLOTTE  A.  PIERCE,  Edgartown.     Taught  two  terms.     Edgartown. 

SARAH  A.  C.  PRAY,  New  Bedford.     Taught  five  years.     Teaching  in  New  Bedford. 

EMILY  W.  STANLEY,  Attleboro'  Falls.  4.  Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Attleboro'. 

GEORGIANA  TILDEN,  N.  Marshfield.   i.  Taught  five  years.   Teaching.    Scituate  Harbor. 

EMMA  F.  VEAZIE,  Randolph.     T.  five  years.     Assistant,  Grammar  School.    Cambridge. 

FANNIE  H.  WALDRON,  Rochester,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

SARAH  M.  WOOD,  Sandwich,  i.  Taught  six  years.     Teaching.     Sandwich. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twenty-four,  ninety-nine  years.     Average,  four  years. 

CLASS  75.     FEBRUARY  23,   1870. 

GEORGE  A.  ARNOLD,  Swansea.   3.    Not  heard   from. 

HORACE  T.  ATWOOD,  Middleborough.     Taught  four   and   one   half  years.      Principal, 
Grammar  School.     Norwood. 

FRANK  B.  DAVIS.  Tyngsboro'.     T.  three  years.     Principal  High  School.     Longmont,  Col. 

EDWARD  O.  DYER,  S.  Abington.     T.  one  year.     Student.     Amherst  College. 

JOHN  A.  ELLIS,  Southbridge.    i.    Has  not  taught.     Mechanic.     Globe  Village. 

EDWARD  P.  FITTS,  Medfield.     Taught  four  and  one  half  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School. 
N.  Woburn. 

JOSEPH  E.  FOX,  Tuftonboro',  N.  H.    i.   Taught  two  years.    Farmer.    Wolfborough,  N.  H. 

DAVID  H.  GIBBS.  Bridgewater.   T.  four  and  one  half  years.    Prin.  Gram.  School.  Plymouth. 

JOHN  B.  GIFFORD,  Westport.     T.  two  years.     Graduated  from  Advanced  Course.     Prin- 
cipal, High  School.     Ayer. 

BENJAMIN  F.  HIGGINS,    Eastham.     Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  eight,  twenty-two  years.     Average,  three  years. 

IOLINE  L.  BACON,  E.  Attleborough.    i.    Has  not  taught.     Attleborough. 


151 

ELLA  F.  BAKER,  Dennis  Port.    i.    Has  not  taught.     Dennis  Port. 

EMMA   BARNES,    Boston.    2.     Not  heard  from. 

KI.LA  J.  BASSETT,*  Readrhg.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  E.  E.  Fox.     Died  May  21,  1876. 

MARY  E.  BENNETT,  Milford,  N.  H.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  J.  F.  Gillis.     Bedford,  N.  H 

KATIE  R.  BORDEN,  New  Bedford.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

SARAH  A.  BURT,  Taunton.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching.     Weir  Village,  Taunton. 

MARY  L.  B.  CAPEN,  Stoughton.     Taught  four  and  one-half  years.     Laboratory  Assistant^ 

Girls'  High  School.     Boston. 
EMILY  F.  CARPENTER,  Brookfield.     Taught  four  and   one-half  years.     Dwight  School, 

Bos'ton. 

ANNA  B.  CARTER,  Sturbridge.     T.  four  and  one-half  years.     Sherwin  School.     Boston. 
LUCY  H.  B.  COPELAND,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  F.  C.  Davis,  Fall  River. 
ELLA  H.  COREY,  Woonsocket,  R.  I.  i.  Not  heard  from. 
ELVIRA  E.  CUSHMAN.  Middleborough.  3.  Has  not  taught. 
ARDELLE  J.  CUTTER,*  Provincetown.   i.  Did  not  teach.     Died  July  i,  1873. 
MARY  A.  DAVIS,  Lake  Village,  N.  H.  i.  T.  five  years.     Teaching.     Lake  Village,  N.  H. 
CELIA  L.  DEAN,  Monroe,  Ohio.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

ANNIE  H.  DELANO,  Fairhaven.     T.  four  years.     Teaching  in  High  School.     Fairhaven. 
MARY  L.  DORGAN,  W.  Bridgewater.  5.   T.  three  years.     Teaching  in  Burlington,  Iowa. 
MARY  A.  DYER,  S.  Braintree.    r.   Taught  one  term.     Mrs.  G.  H.  Lakin,  S.  Braintree. 
ANNIE  E.  FISHER,  Yarmouth  Port.   T.  three  years.  Student  in  Medical  College.   Boston. 
MARION  E.  FITTON,   N.  Easton.   3.   Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  N.  Easton. 
LIZZIE  J.  FRENCH,   Randolph.     Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  E.  O.  Leach,  Randolph. 
MARY  E.  FRENCH.  E.  Randolph,    i.   Taught  one  year.    Copyist.     Holbrook. 
ELIZABETH  D.  GIFFORD,  Westport.    2.    Not  heard  from. 
ELZADA  M.  GOSS,  Rye,  N.  H.     Taught  five  years.     Teaching  in  Rye,  N.  H. 
EMILY  B.  HODGES,  Attleborough.    i.    Has  not  taught.     Attleborough. 
L.  CARRIE  JACKMAN,  Medway.    3.    Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Medway. 
EVANGELINE  B.  JONES,  E.  Stoughton.     Taught  three  years.     W.  Scituate. 
MARY  J.  KEITH,  Bridgewater.    i.   Mrs.  A.  W.  Alden,  Norwood. 

HARRIETTE  L.  KING,  Bridgewater.     3.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  W.  K.  Coward,  N.  Easton. 
VIOLA  F.  LITTLEFIELD,  Stoughton.     T.  four  and  one  half  years.     Teaching.     Newton. 
SUSAN  E.  LONGLEY,  Fall  River,   r.  Not  heard  from. 
FANNIE  E.  LOTHROP,  W.  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  L.  MILLS,  N.  Bridgewater.  3.  T.  three  years.     Mrs.  Charles  S.  French,  N.  Easton. 
EMMA  C.  NICHOLS,  Berkley.  3.  T.  four  years.    Teaching  Kindergarten.    Milwaukee,  Wis. 
MATTIE  E.  NYE,  Fairhaven.   i.  Mrs.  J.  Stoddard.     Petrolia  City,  Penn. 
JANETTE  SNELL,  E.  Randolph.  2.  T.  two  years.     Mrs.  J.  Southworth.     Holbrook. 
LUCY  A.  S.  SNOW,  E.  Orleans.  2.  Taught  three  years.     E.  Orleans. 
JENNIE  L.  WHITE,  Holbrook.  i.  Taught  two  years.     Holbrook. 

ANN  M.  WILDE,  Holbrook.  2.  T.  five  and  one-half  years.     High  School.     Charlestown. 
HELEN  A.  WILLIAMS,  S.  Braintree.     T.  four  and  one-half  years.  Teaching.  S.  Braintree. 

Total  of  teaching  for  thirty-four,  eighty-seven  years.     Average,  two  and  one-half  years. 

CLASS  76.     SEPTEMBER  6,  1870. 

LOUIS  H.  DECKER,  Newton  Centre.     Taught  three  years. 

GEORGE  M.  POWERS,  Leominster.     Not  heard  from. 

JAMES  ROCHE,  Bridgewater.  2.  Has  not  taught. 

HENRY  L.  SAWYER,  Hopkinton.     Taught  four  years.     Usher.     Dwight  School,  Boston. 

HENRY  J.  SEELYE,  Carbondale,  111.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

Total  of  teaching  for  three,  seven  years.     Average,  two  and  one-half  years. 
HANNAH  E.  ALDEN,  Scotland.     T.  two  years.     Mrs.  Dr.  Ira  B.  Gushing,  Brookline. 
SYLVIA  B.  ALMY,.New  Bedford.     T.  one  year.     Mrs.  H.  M.  Knowlton,  New  Bedford. 
MARY  E.  BARKER,  S.  Hanson.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Fall  River. 
ELIZA  A.  BARROWS,*  Freetown.     Taught  one  year.     Died  Nov.  7,  1874. 


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SARAH  A.  BARROWS,  Freetown.     Taught  two  years.     Freetown. 

LUCINA  A.  BARTLETT,   Newport,  N.  H,  i.  T.  three  years.  Teaching  in  Newport,  N.  H. 

MERCIE  K.  BARTLETT,  New  Bedford,  i.  Taught  four  years.     Teaching,  New  Bedford. 

JOSEPHINE  BARTLEY,  Windham,  N.  H.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  S.  Adams. 

ABBY  M.  BUFFINTON,*  Fall  River.     Taught  one  term.     Died  Sept.  9,  1874. 

LIZZIE  C.  CAPEN,  Stoughton.     T.  four  years.     Teaching.  Sargent  School,  Cambridgeport. 

ELIZABETH  R.  CASE,  Swansea.     Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  F.  S.  Stevens.     Swansea. 

MARY  D.  CHAMBERLAIN,  Sturbridge.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Lewis  School. 

Boston. 

MARY  F.  C  LARKE,  Royalston.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  North  Adams. 
KATHARINE  W.  GUSHING,  Cambridge.     Graduated  from  Advanced  Course.     Assistant 

in  High  School.     Hingham. 

SARAH  B.  CUSHMAN,  New  Bedford,  i.  Not  heard  from. 
FLORA  J.  DYER,  S.  Braintree.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

HARRIET  R.  GARDNER,  W.  Scituate.  i.  Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Hingham. 
K.  EMMA    GROVER,   Foxborough.     Taught   four,  years.     Teaching  in  Clarke  Institution. 

Northampton. 
GERTRUDE  E.  HALE,  Peterborough,   N.  H.     Graduated  from  Advanced  Course.     Mas. 

ter's  Assistant,  Grammar  School.     Cambridgeport. 

MARY  E.  HAYDEN,  Bridgewater.  3.  Did  not  teach.     Mrs.  Seth  Crocker.     E.  Stoughton. 
FANNIE  W.  HEMPHILL,  Northfield.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  Joseph  Talbot.     George- 
town, Texas. 

ALMIRA  M.  HOLMES,  Yarmouth  Port.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  Norton. 
MATTIE  HOWE,  Holden.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  S.  Adams. 
JULIA  P.  HUMPHREY,  Sutherland  Falls,  Vt.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching.     Sutherland 

Falls,  Vermont. 
MARIETTA  K.  JOHNSON,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  four   years.     Mrs.  Frank  Kingman, 

Wareham. 

LORA  L.  LINCOLN,  N.  Easton.     Taught  two  years. 
HARRIET  McCONNELL,  Brandon,  Vt.     2.    T.  four  years.   Teaching  in  Slitter  Creek,  Cal. 

CARRIE  E.  MILLER,  Swansea,    i.   Taught  one  term.     Mrs. Weeden,  Swansea. 

LUCY  D.  MORTON,  Randolph.     2.     Taught  four  years.   Teaching  in  S.  Walpole. 

IDA  A.  OMEY.  Acushnet.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Acushnet. 

GEORGIE  PALMER,  Stoneham.     T.  four  years.     Head  Ass't,  Bennett  School.   Brighton. 

CHARLOTTE  L.  PERKINS,  Bridgewater.   3.    Did  not  teach. 

LAURA  H.  PICKENS,    Middleborough.   4.    Not  heard  from. 

CLARA  C.    PRINCE,    Chelsea.     Graduated   from   Advanced   Course.     Taught  two   years. 

Teaching  in  Andrew  School,  S.  Boston. 
ELOISE  A.  SEARS,  So.  Yarmouth.     Taught  two  years.     Teaching  in  Wesleyan  Academy, 

Wilbraham. 

IDA  M.  SEARS,  E.  Dennis.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Fall  River. 
MIRANDA  STEELE,  Gloucester.     T.     three  years.      Ass't,  High  School.     Lewiston,  Me. 
MARY  E.  STONE.  Lowell.   3.   Taught  four  years.     Ass't.,  Grammar  School.     Lowell. 
FANNY  M.  TALBOT,   Georgetown,  Texas.     T.  three  years.     Teaching  in  S.  Chelmsford. 
ABBY  M.  VINAL,  W.  Scituate.     Taught  five  years.     Mrs.  Wm.  H.   Howe,  S.  Weymouth. 
HELEN  F.  WARD,  Carver.     Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Plymouth. 
EMILY  B.  WATSON,  Narragansett,  R.  I.     i.     Not  heard  from. 
MARY  E.  WEFER,  E.  Dennis.     2.   .Not  heard  from. 

ISABEL  G.  WESTON,   Duxbury.    Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  Duxbury. 
ELLA  WOOD,  Swansea,     i.     Has  not  taught. 

CLASS  77.     FEBRUARY  21,   1871. 

JOHN   BRODRICK,  Chelsea,     i.    Not  heard  from. 

GEORGE  G.  EDWARDS,  N.  Middleboro'.     Graduated  from  Advanced  Course,  July,  1875. 


MR.  BOYDEN'S  ADMINISTRATION.  153 

LEVI  W.  FOGG,  N.  Hampton,  N.  H.     Taught  three  and  one  half  years.     Principal  Gram- 
mar School.     Waltham. 

ELI   K.   FOX,  Tyngsborough,  N.  H.     Taught   three  and  one  half  years.    Prin.  High  School. 
Western. 

WALTER  S.  GOODNOUGH,  S.  Boston.     Taught  three  years.     State  Normal  School,  Sa- 
lem; and  Normal  and  High  School,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

CHARLES  F.  KENDALL,  Tyngsborough.     Taught  three  and  one-half  years.     High  School. 
Scituate. 

EDGAR  K.  MORRISON,  Hancock,  N.  H.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  Alstead  Cen- 
tre, N.  H. 

EGBERT  N.  MUNROE,  Cornwallis,  N.  S.  4.  Not  heard  from. 

WILLARD  B.  NORTHORP,  Stoughton.     T.  three  and  one-half  years.     Principal,  Public 
Schools.     Hancock,  Mich. 

FRED.  H.  RIPLEY,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  and  one-half  years.  Grammar  School, 
Natick. 

WILLIAM  J.  SANBORN,  Rockport.  2.  Never  taught. 

HENRY  S.  SPAULDING,  Peterboro',  N.  H.  3.  Has  not  taught.  Editor.  Napa  City,  Cal. 
Total  of  teaching  for  ten,  twenty-four  years.     Average,  two  and  one-half  years. 

CLARA  F.  ALLEN,  Rockland,  Me.     Taught  three  and  one-half  years.     Assistant,  Normal 
School.     Farmington,  Me. 

MARIA  S.  BRIGGS,  N.  Dighton.  3.  Taught  four  years.     Teaching.     N.  Dighton. 

GEORGIE  BROWN,  Swansea,   i.  Taught  one  and  one-half  years. 

JULIA  BROWN,  Swansea,  i.  Taught  three  years.     Swansea. 

HARRIETTS  A.  BURRAGE,  S.  Royalston.   i.  Taught  one  year.     Student  in  Normal  Art 
School.     Boston. 

REBECCA  A.  BUSH,  Provincetown.     T.  one  year.     Mrs.  C.  E.  Wheeler.     Rockland. 

EVELINA  J.  CHAMBERLAIN,  N.  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  term.     Died  Dec.  27,  1873. 

CARRIE  A.  DAVIS,  Westport  Point.     Taught  one  term.     Westport. 

MARY  A.  DEWYER,  Cochesett.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching.     W.  Bridgewater. 

SUSAN  G.  DRAPER,  S.  Natick.     Taught  three  and  a  half-years.     S.  Natick. 

SARAH  C.  FALES,  Rockland,  Me.     Taught  three  and  one  half  years.     Assistant,  Dwight 
School.     Boston. 

ELIZABETH  S.  FREE,  Plymouth.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  E.  S.  McHenry,  Plymouth. 

EMMA  J.  HALE,  S.  Royalston.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  F.  O.  Ellis,  S.  Boston. 

EDITH  LEONARD,    Scotland.      Graduated  from  Advanced  Course.      Taught   two  years. 
Assistant  in  Normal  School.     Bridgewater. 

ELVIRA  M.  LINCOLN,  N.  Bridgewater.  2.  Taught  four  years.     Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Barnefield, 
Pawtucket,  R,  I. 

MAUDE  McWILLIAMS,    Boston.     Taught  two  and   one-half    years.     Master's  Assistant, 
Grammar  School.    Natick. 

ABBIE  E.  MOREY,  N.  Bridgewater.     T.  three  and  one  half  years.     Teaching  in   Brockton. 

HELEN  L.  MORRIS,  Abington.  i.  Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  C.  W.  Reed,  Abington. 

RHODA  F.  RICE,  W.  Bridgewater.    i.  Has  not  taught.     Mrs.  Rhoda  Wilbur,  W.  Bridge- 
water. 

MRS.  ELIZA  M.  ROBINSON,  Petersham.     Taught  three  and  a  half  years.    Prin.  Grammar 
School.    Chelmsford. 

BETSEY  W.  SHERMAN,  Plympton.     Taught  two  and  one-half  years.     Plympton. 

MARY  E.  STOW  ELL,  Petersham.     Taught  three  years.     Grammar  School.     Erving. 

CLARA  O.  WEBB,  Northfield.     Taught  two  terms.     Northfield. 

EDITH  WHEELER,  W.  Bridgewater.     T.  three  and  one-half  years.     Teaching.    Dighton. 

EMMA  J.  WINSLOW,*  Abington.  i.  Did  not  teach.     Died  Feb.,  1874. 

EMMA  WRIGHT,  E.  Abington.  3.  Has  not  taught.     Rockland. 

CHARLOTTE   B.  YOUNG,  Rockland,  Me.     Taught  two  and  one-half  years.     Mrs.  W.  S 
Goodnough,  Columbus,  O. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twenty-five,  fifty-six  years.     Average,  two  years. 
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154  BRIBGEWATER  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL. 

CLASS  78.     SEPTEMBER  12,  1871. 

JOHN  J.  BURKE,  E.  Weymouth.     Has  taught  two  terms.     N.  Weymouth. 

GEORGE  T.  KEECH,  Lower  Merion,  Pa.     T.  two  years.     Teaching  in  Lower  Merion,  Pa. 

HERBERT  O.  McCRILLIS,  Middleboro'.     T.  one  year.     Clerk.     Tack  manuf'y.     Taunton. 

CLARENCE  E.  WHEELER,  E.  Abington.  3.  T.  three  years.  Grammar  School.    Rockland. 
Total  of  teaching  for  four,  seven  years.     Average,  two  years. 

KATIE  BASSETT,  Bridgewater.     Graduated  from  Advanced  Course  July,  1875. 

ABBIE  S.  BROWN,  Westminster.     Taught  two  years.     Westminster. 

KATIE  P.  BROWN,*  Westminster.  2.  Died  May  n,  1874. 

CLARA  M.  CHASE,  Hanover.     Taught  two  years.     Mrs.  Freeman.     Taunton. 

ANN  CHURCH,*  S.  Scituate.  2.  Taught  one  year.     Died  June,  1876. 

ELLEN  L.  CUSHMAN,*  Fairhaven.  2.  Taught  one  term.     Died  May,  1876. 

EMMA    M.    CUTTER,  Jaffrey,   N.  H.     Graduated   from   Advanced   Course.     Taught  two 
years.     Assistant  in  Normal  School.     Nashville,  Tenn. 

LUCY  E.  DAVIS,  W.  Newton.     T.  three  and  one-half  years.  Private  Kindergarten.  Boston. 

CLARA  P.  DUNBAR,  N.  Bridgewater.  4.  Has  not  taught.     Brockton. 

SARAH  E.  DUNHAM.  Fairhaven.  4.  T.  three  and  one-half  years.     Teaching.     Fairhaven. 

MARY  A.  DUPEE,  Westminster.    2.   Taught  four  years.     Teaching  in  Princeton. 

FLORENCE  EDDY,  Middleborough.    3.  T.  two  years.   Pratt  Free  School.    N.  Middleboro'. 

MARY  E.  FAIRCHILD,  Fairhaven.     i.     Taught  three  years.    Primary  School.    Fairhaven. 

ANNIE   J.    FAIRCHILD,    Fairhaven.      Graduated  from  Advanced  Course.      Taught  one 
year.     High  School.     Fairhaven. 

MELISSA  C.  GAY,  Medway.     Taught  three  years.     Grammar  School.     Fall  River. 

MARY  E.  HAMMONS,  Haverhill.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  Middletown,  R.  I. 

ASENATH  C.  HOLMES,  Kingston.    2.    Mrs.  Wm.  L.  Jones,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

p:LLA  F.  KEYES.   Pelham,  N.  H.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  Fall  River. 

MARY  L.  LINCOLN,  Hingham.     T.  three  years.    Prin.  Grammar  School.    W.  Bridgewater. 

AGNES  I.  LUZARDER,  E.  Bridgewater.     T.  three  years.     Teaching  in  Elmwood. 

OPHELIA  McCONNELL,  Brandon,  Vt.     I.    T.  two  years.     Teaching.     Sutter  Creek,  Cal. 

EMILY  W.  NEWCOMB,  Kingston.   2.    Has  not  taught.     Westborough. 

GRACE  M.   PHELPS,  Jaffrey,  N.  H.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching.     Billerica. 

CHARLOTTE  K.  RICHARDS,   W.  Bridgewater.    i.   T.  four  and  one  half  years.    Teaching 
N.  Raynham. 

ELIZABETH  SAVILLE,  Quincy.  i.  Has  not  taught.     Quincy. 

MARTHA  H.  SEARS,  W.  Dennis.     Not  heard  from. 

MARIA  L.  SOUTHWICK,  Millville.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching.    Fall  River. 

CAROLINE  L.  SPARROW,  Middleboro'.  3.  T. three  years.    Mrs.   H.  W.  Aldrich.    N.  Mid- 
dleborough. 

REBECCA  L.  H.  TABER,  Fairhaven.  i.  Has  not  taught. 

HANNAH  H.  TAFT,  E.  Bridgewater.     Taught  three  years.     Teaching.     Raynham. 

ELLEN  A.  WALKER,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Private  School.  Harrisburg,  Penn. 

SOPHIA  A.  WALKER,  Bridgewater.  i.  Teaching  Drawing  in  Normal  School.  Trenton,  N.  J. 

JOSEPHINE  WHITE,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Bridgewater. 

Total  of  teaching  for  twenty-two,  sixty-three  years.     Average,  three  years. 

CLASS  79.     FEBRUARY  18,   1872. 

FREEMAN  A.  ARNOLD,   S.  Braintree.     i.     Has  taught  four  years.     Teaching.     Grammar 

School.   S.  Braintree. 

WILLIAM  BASSETT,    Bridgewater.   4.    Has  not  taught.     Farmer. 
MAURICE  CONDON,  Bridgewater.     Did  not  teach. 

GEORGE  W.  DELANO,  Brookfield,  N.  H.  i.  T.  three  years.  Prin.  High  School.  Alton,  N.  H. 
GEORGE  EVANS,  Freetown.     Taught  two  terms.     Freetown. 
ARTHUR  J.  FRENCH,  Boston.   3.    Not  heard  from. 
HAMILTON  L.  GIBBS,  Bridgewater.   i.    Did  not  teach. 


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FRANK  M.  KING,   Hriclgewater.    T.  one  year.    Teaching.   Gram.  School.     Bridgewater. 
FREDERICK  E.  MARSHALL,  Tyngsboro'.  I.    Has  not  taught.  Marketman.    Dover,  N.  H. 
GEORGE  F.  MUNSKV,   IJarnstcad.     I.    Not  heard  from. 
WALDO  WASHBURN,  Kingston.    Taught  one  term.     Salesman.     Kingston. 

Total  of  teaching  for  nine,  nine  years.     Average,  one  year. 

KATIE  C.  ALLEN,  New  Bedford.  T.  two  years.  Teaching  in  Clarke  Institute,  Northampton. 
MARY  C.  ALLEN  Randolph,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

CORA  H.  ALGER,  W.  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.   Teaching.    Carver. 
LUCY  S.  ATWOOD,  Chatham.    T.  two  and  one  half  years.  Grammar  School.     Chatham. 
GERTRUDE  '  E.    BALL,  Warwick.    2.  Has  taught  three  years.     Teaching.     Holyoke. 
MARTHA  A.  BRALEY,  Middleborough.     Taught  one  term.     Middleborough. 
VIRGINIA  G.  BRAMAN,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Teaching.     Brockton. 
ELIZABETH  A.  CHACE,  Freetown.     Not  heard  from. 
ADA  M.  CRAPO,  Bridgewater.  3.  Mrs.  A.  M.  Howland.     Bridgewater. 

ISABELLA  G.  DRISCOLL,  Randolph.  T.  two  and  one  half  years.  Teaching.  Randolph. 
LYDIA  E.  ELDRIDGE,  S.  Chatham,  i.  Has  not  taught. 

LOUISE  L.  FLAGG,  W.  Bridgewater.  3.  Has  not  taught.  Mrs.  H.  L.  Kingman,  Cochesett. 
SARAH  L.  HARRIS,  Wilmington.  Taught  two  and  one-half  years.  Teaching.  E.  Dedham. 
ELLA  F.  IVERS,  New  Bedford.  Has  not  taught.  New  Bedford. 

ELLA  F.  JAMES,  Deerfield,  N.  H.  T.  two  years.  Teaching.  Grammar  School.  Fall  River. 
LOIS  E.  JENKINS,  S.  Braintree.  3.  Not  heard  from. 

EUDORA  LAWRENCE,  Freetown,    i.   Taught  three  years.     Teaching.     Dartmouth. 
EUDORA  MOREY,   Maiden.     Taught   two   and  one-half   years.     Teaching,    High  School. 

Maiden.     . 
EMILY  H.  PHINNEY>  Barnstable.     Taught  two  and  one-half   years.   Assistant,  Webster 

Grammar  School.   Cambridgeport. 
EMILY  J.  REED,  Pembroke,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

EMILY  C.  ROBINSON,  Bridgewater.  3.  Mrs.  Geo.  Peterson,  Bridgewater. 
JULIA  H.  J.  SOMES,  Revere,  i.  Taught  two  years.     Revere. 

FRANCES  M.  TALBOTT,  Bridgewater.    Taught  two  years.     Teaching.  Westford. 
ANNIE  H.  TAYLOR,  New  Bedford.     Mrs.  J.  G.  Bassett,  Bridgewater. 
ANNA  R.  THATCHER,  Wareham.  2.  Has  not  taught. 
ABBIE  G.  WALLACE,  Epsom,  N.   H.      Taught  two  and  one-half  years.     Ass't,    Grammar 

School,  Chicago.     48  Ruble  St. 

ANNIE  M.  WILDE,  Randolph.    3.    Taught  three  years.     Teaching  in  Randolph. 
Total  of  teaching  for  twenty-three,  thirty-six  years.    Average,  two  years. 

CLASS  80.     SEPTEMBER  3,  1872. 

DANIEL  J.  BAKIE,  Kingston,  N.  H.     T.  two  years.     Principal,  Academy.  Kingston,  N.  H. 

LAWRENCE  M.  GOULD,  S.  Boston,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

HERBERT  L.  MORSE,  Sherborn.     T.  two  years.     Prin.  Grammar  School.    Shirley  Village. 

L.  ELIOT  PACKARD,  N.  Bridgewater.     Has  taught. 

GEORGE  W.  PRATT,  E.  Middleboro'.     Has  not  taught.     Member  of  Harvard  College. 

WARREN  C.  TYRRELL,  Fisherville,  N.  H.    i.   Not  heard  from. 

GEORGE  E.  WALES,  N.  Abington.     Taught  two  years. 

Total  of  teaching  for  five,  six  years. 

AMY  F.  ALLEN,  Scituate.  2.  T.  one  year.     Mrs.  Charles  W.  Frye.      Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
NELLIE  W.  ALLEN,  Scituate.   T.  two  years.    Teaching,  Andrew  Grammar  School.    Boston. 
MARTHA  F.  AMES,  Bridgewater.     Taught  two  years.     Teaching.     Bridgewater. 
MARY  E.  AUSTIN,  New  Bedford.     T.  two  years.     Teaching.     High  School,  New  Bedford. 
SERENA  BAILEY,  Haverhill.     Taught  one  year.     Teaching.     S.  Attleborough. 
CATHARINE  W.  BOWEN,  Rehoboth.  2.  T.  one  and  one-half  years.     Mrs.  J.  F.  Earle, 

Rehoboth. 
I. I.I, A   L.  BUSH,  Provincetown.     Taught  two  years.     Teaching.     Raynham. 


156  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

MARY  J.  COLLINGWOOD,  Plymouth.     Taught  two  years.     Teaching.     Grammar  School. 

Brookline. 

ANNIE  E.  DAMON,   W.  Scituate.     Took  one  year  of  advanced  course.     Mrs.  Geo.  P.  Rich. 
ALICE  C.  DICKERMAN,    Randolph.    2.  Taught  two  years.     Randolph. 
ELIZA  L.  DOULL,  New  Bedford.     T.  one  and  one  half  years.    Teaching.     Westport. 
JULIA  M.  DREW,.  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year. 
EVA  M.  ELLIOTT,   Randolph.   2.  Teaching. 
LUCY  V.   EVANS,  Tiverton,  R.  I.     Married. 

ESTHER  HALL,  Quincy.   3.   T.  two  and  one  half  years.    Primary  School.     Quincy. 
LIZZIE  L.  HATCH,  Sandwich.   2.   Not  heard  from. 
MYRA  C.  HATHAWAY,   Assonet.    i.   Not  heard  from. 

MARY  A.   HIGGINBOTTOM,  N.  Easton.    T.  two  years.    Intermediate  School.    N.  Easton. 
SARAH  H.   HINCHEY,  Somerset.    3.    Not  heard  from. 
EMELINE  F.  JACOBS,  W.  Scituate.   3.    Not  heard  from. 

ALICE  L.  LANMAN,  Plymouth.    T.  two  years.     Teaching.    Grammar   School.    Westboro'. 
MINNIE  F.   LEWIS,   E.  Falmouth.     Teaching. 
SARAH  D.   LYON,   E.  Bridgewater.   4.    Has  not  taught. 

ADDIE  S.  MITCHELL,  Provincetown.   T.  one  year.  Teaching.    High  School.   Provincetown. 
ANNA  L.  NOYES,  Abington.     Taught  two  years.     E.  Weymouth. 
NELLIE   E.  PAIGE,  Taunton.    2.    Not  heard  from. 
ABBIE  M.   PARKER,   Reading.    2.    Has  not  taught 
MARY  B.  PICKENS,  Middleboro'.   2.   Not  heard  from. 
LOTTIE  E.   PHELPS,*  E.  Abington.    2.    Died  in  1873. 
ELLA  F.   REGAN,   Attleboro'.     Taught  one  year.  Teaching.    Attleboro'. 
MARY   B.   RICHARDSON,  E.  Medway.     Taught  two  years.     Teaching. 
LUCRETIA  N.  SMITH,   New  Bedford.      T.  two  years.     Grammar  School.      New  Bedford. 
MERCENA  SMITH,  W.  Chatham,    i.    Has  not  taught.    Seamstress.     W.  Chatham. 
S.   LOUISA  STOWELL,  Petersham,    i.    Taught  one  year.     Address,  Worcester. 
JERUSHA   B.   THOMAS,  Plymouth.     Has  taken  three  terms  on  the  Advanced  Course. 
M.  A.  THOMPSON,   Barrington,  N.  H.   3.    Not  heard   from. 

ABBIE  M.   WISWALL,  Newton  Centre.      Taken  one  year  of  Advanced  Course.    Teaching. 
Total  of  teaching  for  twenty-nine,  thirty-one  years. 

CLASS  81.     FEBRUARY  18  1873. 

CHARDES  F.  COLE,  Wellfleet.     Taught  one  year.     Teaching. 

SETH  S.  CROCKER.  S.  Yarmouth.  2.  Taught  two  and  one-half  years.  Grammar  School. 
Quincy. 

BRADFORD  W.  DRAKE,  Stoughton.  Taught  one  and  one-half  years.  Teaching.  Gram- 
mar School.  Mendon. 

JUNIUS  B.  GOULD,  S.Boston,  i.  Not  teaching. 

HENRY  HARLOW,  Bridgewater.  i.  Not  teaching. 

YAHBAH,  Bassein,  Birmah.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

EUDORA  M.  ALLEN,  Berkley.     Taught  one  and  one-half  years.     Teaching.     Raynham. 

IDA  E.  ANDREWS,  Brockton.  4.  Not  teaching. 

ELLEN  W.  BASSETT,  Bridgewater.  2.   Has  not  taught. 

JULIA  BURT,  Berkley.     Teaching.     Berkley. 

LUCY  C.  CARRUTH,  Petersham.     Teaching. 

FANNIE  A.  COMSTOCK,  Milford.     Assistant,  State  Normal  School.    Castine,  Me. 

CLARA  J.  CONNELL,  Fall  River.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

A  LETT  A  F.  DEAN,  Mansfield.     Teaching. 

MARY  C.  FISHER,    Walpole,    N.  H.    3.    Teaching. 

PERSIS  S.  FOSTER,  W.  Brewster.  i  Not  heard  from. 

LUCY  E.  GASSETT,  Bridgewater.     Teaching. 

ALICE  GRAY,  Stoughton.    Assistant,  Webster  Grammar  School.     Cambridgeport. 

MARY  A.  GREGORY,  Sandwich.  3.  Not  heard  from. 


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LUCY  B.  IIASKELL,  Westminster,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

LILLIE  A.  HICKS,  E.  Bridgewater.     Assistant,  High  School.    E.  Bridgewater. 

ELIZABETH  M.  HOSMER,  Camden,  Me.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  M.  M.  LEONARD,  Bridgewater.     Taught  one  year.    Teaching.     Bridgewater. 

LIVA  A.  LITTLE,  Littleton,  N.  H.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

KM  MA  F.  MANSON,  Scituate.     Teaching. 

ABBIE  L.  MARBLE,  Somerset.     Taught  one  year. 

MARY  E.  PECKHAM,  Petersham.     Teaching. 

ELLA  J.  REED,  Freetown,  i.  Has  taught  one  term.     Bryantville. 

HARRIET  P.  RICH,  Wellfteet.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  F.  THOMPSON,  S.  Abington.  2.  Teaching. 

EMMA  J.  VOSE,  Boston.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

MARY  A.  WADSWORTH,  Bridgewater.     Teaching.     Brockton. 

MARY  WALTON,  Livermore,  Me.  3.  Teaching. 

ABBIE  J.  WHEELER,  Fitchburg.     Taught  one  year.     Mrs.  A.  J.  Adams.     Dublin,  N.  H. 

SOPHIA  A.  WILBUR,  Plympton.     Teaching.     Taunton. 

HELEN  W.  WINSLOW,  Freetown.  2.  Has  taught  one  year. 

CLASS  82.     SEPTEMBER  2,  1873. 

ZEMIRA  BAKER,  W.  Dennis.     Teaching. 

GEORGE  W.  CLAPP,  Quincy.     i. 

EUGENE  H.  DIBBLE,  Camden,  S.  C.   2.   In   business. 

NELSON  FREEMAN,   Milton,  N.  S.     Has  taught  one  year. 

HORATIO  D.  NEWTON,  Chatham.     Teaching.     High  School.     Westport. 

LOUIS  A.  PRATT,  N.  Abington.     Teaching.     Grammar  School.    Abington. 

CHARLES  L.  PRINCE,  Chelsea.     In  business. 

GEORGE  O.  SMITH,   Randolph.     Teaching. 

ARTHUR  C.   WADSWORTH,   Bridgewater.     Teaching.     Grammar   School.    Woburn. 

CHARLES  E.  WALDRON,   E.  Taunton.     i.     Not  heard  from. 

1IKNRY  R.   WHIDDEN,   Concord,   N.  H.  Student  in  Advanced  Course. 

CLARA   B.  ALDEN,   Fairhaven.     3.     Teaching. 

MARY   E.  ANDERSON,   Ackworth,  N.  H.     Teaching. 

ELVA  W.  ANDREW,  Danvers.  2.  Teaching. 

ELVIRA  F.  ATKINSON,  Rochester.     Teaching.     N.  Easton. 

CARRIE  J.  BARBER,  E.  Windsor,  Ct.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ANNA  F.  BASS,  Boston.  3.  Teaching. 

CARRIE  C.  M.  BENEDICT,  Wilton,  N.  H.  i.  Not  heard  from. 

ANNA  S.  BENSON,  Bridgewater.     Teaching. 

CAROLINE  E.  BROWN,  New  Bedford.     Teaching. 

AUGUSTA  BUNKER,  Nantucket.     Taking  the  Advanced  Course. 

EMELINE  L.  GARY,  Medway.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

CARRIE  D.  CUSHMAN,  Acushnet.  i. 

CLARA  E.  DELANO,  New  Bedford. 

GEORGIE  M.  DIKE,  Stoneham.     Teaching.      . 

FLORA  L.  ELLIS,  Weston.  i. 

CLARA  A.  EMERTON,  Moscow,  Me.     Graduates  June,  1876. 

EMMA  L.  FARRINGTON,  Everett.     Teaching. 

MATILDA  O.  GAMANS,  E.  Falmouth.     Teaching. 

ALINE  E.  GARDNER,  Boston.     Teaching. 

CINDA  M.  GARDNER,  W.  Scituate.  i.  Teaching. 

SARAH  C.  GARDNER,  W.  Scituate.  2.  Teaching. 

HATTIE  E.  GOVE,  Washington,  D  C.    Teaching.     Newton. 

MELVINIA  J.  HAMMOND,  Lewiston,  Me. 

AMELIA  HEARSEY,  Charlestown.     Graduates  June,  1876. 

MARY  L.  HOLMES,  S.  Plymouth.  3.  Teaching. 

ELIZA  C.  HOWLAND,*  S.  Fairhaven.  3.  Died  May  24,  1876. 


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CAROLINE  E.  MORSE,  Quincy,  2.  Teaching. 
MARY  E.  REED,*  Middleboro'.     Died  March  12,  1876. 
CAROLINE  E.  SQUIRES,  Lewiston,  Me.  i.  Teaching. 
LYDIA  H.  TAPPAN,   Fairhaven.   3. 
SUSAN  A.  WALKER,  Grantville.     Teaching. 
ANNA    D.  WICKES,    New  Bedford.     Taught  one  year. 
EDITH   E.  WILLIAMS,  No.  Easton.     3.     Teaching. 

CLASS  83.     FEBRUARY  24,  1874. 

WALTER  KEYES,  E.   Princeton.     2.     Not  heard  from. 

HORACE  PACKARD,  W.  Bridgewater.     Teaching.     Brockton. 

WARREN  A.  RODMAN,   Wellfleet.     Teaching.     S.  Hanson. 

ROGER  SHERMAN,    Middletown,  R.  I.     i.     Not  heard  f  rom. 

EDWARD  P.   SHUTE,   Windham  Depot,   N.  H.     Teaching.     Groton. 

CALEB  SLADE,  Acushnet.     3.    Teaching. 

JULIUS  H.  TUTTLE,  W.  Acton.    Teaching.     Grammar  School.     Freetown, 

ELLA  F.  BALL,  Hollis,  N.  H.     In  the  School. 

ANNIE  M.  BARNEY,  N.  Swansea,  i.  Not  heard  from. 

LILLIAN  BRYANT,  E.  Bridgewater.     Teaching.     Kindergarten. 

GEORGIANNA  BULLENE,  Hingham.  3.  Married. 

EDITH  S.  COPELAND,  W.  Bridgewater.     In  the  advanced  Course. 

ELIZABETH  H.  COLTING,  Meredith,  N.  H.     Graduates  June,  1876. 

JULIA  F.  CUTLER,  Pelham,  N.  H.    Teaching.     E.  Dennis. 

CYNTHIA  B.  DRAPER,  E.  Brookfield.  3.  Teaching. 

CARRIE  E.  ELLIS,  Vineland,  N.  J.  i.  Teaching. 

FLORA  B.  GOODWIN,  Mowray,  N.  H.  2.  Mrs.  Josiah  P.  Higgins.     Norway,  Maine. 

HATTIE  D.  HALL,  Yarmouth.     Teaching. 

ESTHER  T.  HAMBLIN,  W.  Falmouth.     Graduates  June,  1876. 

MYRA  C.  HARDING,  S.  Chatham.  2.  Not  heard  from. 

EMILY  J.  HERRICK,  Stoughton.     Teaching, 

MARY  E.  HEWETT,  Auburn.     2. 

ANNIE  D.  JOHNSON,  Worcester,     i. 

MARY  H.  KELLEY,  Nantucket. 

ELLEN  M.  LOVERING,  Medfield.     Teaching. 

CLARA  I.  METCALF,  Norfolk.     Graduates  June,  1876. 

CLARA  L.  OYLER,  Black  Hawk,  Col.     Graduates  June,  1876. 

EMMA  J.  PURDY,  Stoughton.     Teaching. 

IDA  H.  SANBORN,  Quincy.     2. 

ABBIE  C.  THAYER,  Weymouth.     i. 

ANNA  WHEELER,  W.  Bridgewater.     3.     Teaching. 

LUCY  M.  WILBER,  Milford.     Teaching. 

CLASSES  IN  THE  SCHOOL  JUNE,  1876. 
CLASS  84.     SEPTEMBER  8,   1874. 


HENHY  D.  ALDEN,  Bridgewater. 
GEORGE  BENEDICT.  JR.,  Dedham. 
FRED  W.  CRAIG,  Farmington,  Me. 
JAMES  W.  DECKER,  Newton  Center. 
WALTER  R.  HUSSEY,  Nantucket. 
WILLARD  E.  JONES,  Rockville. 
TILSON  A.  MEAD,  Hingham. 
CALVIN  F.  STANLEY,  Kingfield,  Me. 
CHARLES  O.  TURNER,  Wiscasset,  Me. 
FRANK  M.  WEIS,  Boston. 


MARIA  S.  BANCROFT,  Peabody. 
CORA  A.  BARKER,  Mount  Auburn,  i. 
MARY  E.  BARNES,  Hardwick. 
EUNICE  P.  BARRETT,  Chelsea. 
CORA  I.  BATES,  Braintree. 
ALICE  E.  BODFISH,  West  Barnstable. 
MABEL  BRYANT,  East  Bridgewater. 
MARY  A.  BURNHAM,  Andover.  2. 
ANNIE  B.  CARROLL,  Dedham. 
JENNIE  C.  CARROLL,  Dedham. 


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LTLLIE  M.  CHAPIN,  Lawrence. 
HANNAH  M.  COSTIGAN,  Fall  River. 
MARY  L.  GUSHING,  Cambridge. 
CORA  G.  DAGGETT,  Somerville. 
SARAH  R.  DAMON,  North  Scituate. 
LIZZIE  A.  DAVIDSON,  Stowe. 
CARRIE  B.  DAVIS,  East  Falmouth. 
MARTHA  DONAGHY,  New  Bedford. 
JENNIE  S.  EDSON,  East  Bridgewater. 
HATTIE  A.  FRENCH,  Peterboro',  N.  H. 
KATHERINE  GAFFREY,  W.  Bridgewa'r. 
JULIA  L.  HARDING,  Truro. 
MARY  B.  HATHAWAY,  Fall  River. 
JESSIE  K.  HILL,  Norwood. 
ELSIE  M.  KELLEY,  E.  Dennis. 
JENNIE  E.  KENDALL,  Lancaster. 
ETTA  KILBRETH,  Livermore  Falls,  Me. 
IS  A  BELLE  C.  KINGMAN,  Stoneham. 


ELLEN  G.  MCDONNELL,  Quincy. 
C.  ADELAIDE  MASON,  Medfield. 
EDITH  PAINE,  E.  Bridgewater. 
ESTELLE  REDINGTON,  Perry,  Me. 
HATTIE  B.  RICE,  Newton,  Lower  Falls. 
ELNORA  F.  SAWTELLE,  Nantucket. 
CAROLINE  M.  SAYER,  New  Bedford. 
FANNIE  H.  SEARS,  E.  Dennis. 
OLIVE  M.  SIMMONS,  Kingston. 
CORA  E.  STURTEVANT,  W.  Bridgewater. 
SUSAN  TRUE,  Salisbury. 
CLARA  S.  VINCENT,  New  Bedford. 
SALOME  A.  WAITE,  Stamford,  Conn. 
EMMA  F.  WHEELOCK,  Norwood. 
LUCINDA  W.  WHORF,  Provincetown. 
MARY  B.  A.  WIGHT,  Medfield. 
MARY  F.  WOODBRIDGE,  Andover. 


CLASS  85.     FEBRUARY  23,  1875. 


HENRY  L.  ARMES,  Woodstock,  Conn. 
HENRY  M.  COLE,  Bridgewater. 
"GEORGE  A.  CONANT,  Littleton. 
MAYNARD  B.  COPELAND,  Norton. 
LAWRENCE  sCOPELAND,  Norton. 
HAMMOND  T.  FLETCHER,  Littleton. 
ARTEMAS  H.  HOBART,  Bridgewater. 
JOHN  C.  LYETH,  Martinsburg,  W.  Va. 
CHARLES  W.  ROBINSON,  E.  Sandwich. 
HENRY.  B.  WORTH,  Nantucket. 
MARY  C.  ALLEN.  New  Bedford. 
ELIZABETH  C.  BAKER,  Yarmouth  Port. 
MIRRIE  S.  BARBER,  Brockton. 
IRENE  C.  CHIPMAN,  Rehoboth. 
LIZZIE  T.  CLARKE,  Holbrook. 
MYRA  E.  CLARKE,  Holbrook. 
ANNIE  L.  CLEARE,  Bridgewater. 
HATTIE  A.  CORTHELL.  So.  Abington. 
SUSAN  E.  CRANE,  Hanover. 
FLORENCE  L.  CROCKER,  Bridgewater. 
HELEN  A.  DAVIS,  Fall  River. 
JOSEPHINE  C.  FLAGG,  Dover,  N.  H. 


JANE  M.  HART,  N.  Dartmouth. 
GERTRUDE  H.  HATCHMAN,  Boston. 
AMELIA  A.  KEITH,  Easton. 
MARY  K.  LEONARD,  W.  Bridgewater. 
EMMA  V.  LEVI,  New  Bedford. 
ELIZABETH  E.  MACY,  Nantucket. 
ADDIE  I.  MEARS,  Woburn. 
CLARA  PERKINS,  Bridgewater. 
ELLEN  O.  B.  PERRY,  E.  Bridgewater. 
ALICE  C.  PHINNEY,  Barnstable. 
MARY  L.  RIDER,  N.  Dartmouth. 
ELIZABETH  A.  SAVAGE,  Bridgewater. 
EMMA  J.  SHARPE,  S.  Abington. 
ALICE  L.  SMITH,  S.  Weare,  N.  H. 
CAROLINE  E.  SOUTHWICK,  Grantville, 
CLARA  B.  SPRINGER,  New  Bedford. 
LIZZIE  THOMAS,  Nantucket. 
MARY  E.  THOMPSON,  Fall  River. 
SALLIE  C.  WASHBURN,  Bridgewater. 
LOTTIE  H.  WEEKS,  S.  Royalston. 
SARA  E.  WILBUR,  Bridgewater. 


CLASS  86.     SEPTEMBER  7,  1875. 


WILLIAM  H.  ALDEN,  Bridgewater. 
MARCELLUS  D.  BARNES,  Lee,  Me. 
CHAS.    N.  BENTLEY,    Upper   Stewiacke, 

N.  S. 

WILLIAM  H.  BURNES,  Lowell. 
HERBERT  I.  CONANT,  Bridgewater. 
FRANCIS  A.  GRAY,  Danversport. 
OSCAR  L.  GURNEY,  S.  Abington. 
ALBERT  D.  HANDY,  South  Boston. 
SHUJE  ISAWA,  Tokei,  Japan. 


MELVIN  W.  JEFTS,  Ashby. 
FRANK  F.  MURDOCK,  Charlestown. 
WILLIAM  F.  NICHOLS,  Reading. 
WEBSTER  E.  POTTER,  Waltham. 
CHARLES  H.  SEARS,  W.  Brewster. 
BENJAMIN  SMITH,  Reading. 
WALDO  H.  STONE,  Brockton. 
GEORGE  SYMONDS,  Wolfboro',  N.  H. 
MOUNG  TWAY,  Bassein,  Burmah. 
MABELLE  S.  ALMY,  Somerville. 


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HELEN  K.  ANDREWS,  Bridgewater. 
SARAH  J.  AUSTIN,  New  Bedford. 
MARY  E.  BALCOM,  Freetown. 
CORNELIA  BANCROFT,  Reading. 
IDA  M.  BLAIKIE,  Somerville. 
CARRIE  P.  BURSLEY,  W.  Barnstable. 
LUCY  W.  CAIN,  Hingham. 
L.  ROBERTA  CAPEN,  Stoughton. 
IDA  M.  CLEMENT,  Great  Falls,  N.  H. 
MARY  CROWE,   Hingham. 
ADAH  M.  DANIELS,   Charlestown. 
LAURA  E.  FELT,   Sharon. 
ADDIE  J.  GOODHUE,  Hyde  Park. 
OLIVE  A.  GOSS,  Rye,  N.  H. 
ANNIE  C.  HART,  New  Bedford. 
SARAH  E.  HOLBROOK,   Stoughton. 
CARRIE  E.  HOWES,  N.  Dennis. 
ANNA  V.  HUNT,  Farmington,  Me. 
ANNIE  L.  KENDALL,  Brockton. 
HELEN  M.  KIMBALL,  New  Portland,  Me. 


CLARA  C.  LEONARD,  Middleborough. 
MARY  M.  MACY,  New  Bedford. 
AMANDA  L.  MARTIN,  Newton  Centre. 
ORPAH  L.  MAXIM,  N.  Rochester. 
KATIE  L.  MORSE,  Norwood. 
HELEN  M.  PACKARD,   Brockton. 
CHARLOTTE  E.  PAGE,   Stoughton. 
ANNIE  M.  PIERCE,   Stoughton. 
ELIZABETH  A.  RAUSCH,  Brookline. 
ESTELLE  REDINGTON,   Perry,  Me. 
ELIZA  M.  REED,  Stowe. 
LIZZIE  C.  RICHARDSON,   Winchester. 
MARY  L.  STINCHFIELD,  Reading. 
CAROLINE  B.  THACHER,  Bridgewater. 
EMMA  L.  THOMAS,   S.  Carver. 
ADDIE  L.  THOMPSON,   Stoneham. 
RACHEL  J.  UPHAM,  Stoughton. 
SARA  J.  WALKER,  Bridgewater. 
ALICE  F.  WILBUR,  Bridgewater. 
EVELYN  S.  WORDELL,  N.  Dartmouth. 


CLASS  87.     FEBRUARY  15,   1876. 


JOSEPH  BELCHER,  2D,  Holbrook. 

WALLACE  C.  BOYDEN,  Bridgewater. 

CYRUS  B.  COLLINS,  Rockland. 

A.  FRANK  CON  WELL,  Provincetown. 

WILLIAM  CRONELLY,  Bridgewater. 

SAMUEL  DYER,  JR.,  Truro. 

DAVID  G.  ELDRIDGE,  jR.,Yarmouth  Port. 

GEORGE  H.  HASTINGS,  Lunenburg. 

ALBERT  E.  HEARD,  Weston. 

WILLIAM  D.  JACKSON,  Bridgewater. 

EDWIN  F.  KIMBALL,  Winchester. 

HOLDEN  T.  MOORE,  Raynham. 

FRED  H.  MORTON,  Reading. 

LOUIS  D.  WASHBURN,  N.  Perry.  Me. 

MARIA  L.  ANDERSON,  W.  Windham, 

N.  H. 

SARAH  L.  ARNOLD,  N.  Abington. 
MARY  T.  ASHLEY,  New  Bedford. 
CARRIE  C.  BALLOU,  Stoughton. 


ANNIE  E.  CARNES,  Attleborough. 
ANGIE  C.  DAMON,  Marshfield. 
ALICE  A.  DEARING,  Denmark,  Me. 
FANNIE  J.  DELANO,  Fairhaven. 
SARAH  E.  DREW,  Bridgewater. 
EDITH  M.  GIBBS,  Brighton. 
FLORENCE  W.  HARRIS,  E.  Bridgewater. 
MARGARET  LANE,  Brewster. 
FLORENCE  H.  LUND,  Bridgewater. 
ABBIE  A.  MILLS,  Brockton. 
LUCY  B.  MILLS,  Lawrence. 
MARY  V.  MORSE,  Quincy. 
HATTlE  E.  NOYES,  Hampstead,  N.  H. 
ANNIE  E.  OGLEVEE,  Springfield,  Ohio. 
MARIETTA  SHERMAN,  Dartmouth. 
CARRIE  F.  SPEER,  Quincv. 
MARY  N.  TAYLOR,  Germantown,  Pa. 
MARY  B.  TITCOMB,  W.  Windham,  N.  H. 


ROLL    OF    HONOR.  161 

ROLL  OF  HONOR. 
OFFICERS. 

TEACHER.     REV.    JAMES    H.  SCHNEIDER*     Chaplain,  2d  U.  S.  Colored   Regiment. 
Eight  months.     Died  of  yellow  fever  at  Key  West,  Florida,  April  26,  1864. 

C/.iss. 

3.  JOSEPH  UNDERWOOD,  M.  D.     Assistant  Surgeon.     Volunteer.     Fifteen  months, 
ii.  JONATHAN  CASS,  M.  D.     First  Ass't  Surgeon,  4Oth  Regt.  Mass.  Volunteers,  one  year. 

Chief  Surgeon  of  Hospitals,. Alexandria,  Va.,  two  years. 
IT.  NAHUM  LEONARD.      Private  to   Captain  and  Judge   Advocate,  2d  division    Ninth 

Army  Corps.     Three  Years. 

ii.  BENJAMIN  F.  STURBRIDGE.     Corporal,  Infantry.     Nine  months' service. 
14.  GEORGE  D.  WILLIAMS.     Captain,  Infantry.     Four  years  four  months. 
17.  GEORGE  L.  ANDREWS.     Staff  Officer  from  Lieut.  Colonel  to  Brigadier  General,  and 

Major  General  by  brevet. 

17.  HIRAM  A.  OAKMAN.     First  Lieut,  and  Captain  in  7th  Regt.  Mass.  Volunteers.   Lieut. 

Colonel  3Oth  Regt.  U.  S.  Colored  Troops.     Four  years. 

18.  SIDNEY  C.  BANCROFT.     Captain. 

19.  LEWIS  G.  LOWE.     Acting  Medical  Cadet.     2d  Lieutenant.     Three  months. 
19.  CARLTON  A.  STAPLES.     Chaplain,  Infantry,     One  year. 

21.  JOHN  W.  ATWOOD.     Sergt.  Company  E,  43d  Reg't.  Mass.  "  Nine  month's  troops. " 

In  service  eleven  months. 

23.  EDWIN  H.  KEITH.     Acting  Assistant  Engineer  in  Navy.     Four  years, 
23.  ALBERT  J.  MANCHESTER.     Sergeant,  loth  Regiment  R.  I.  Volunteers.     One  hun- 
dred days. 

23.  HENRV  MITCHELL.     Officer  of  the  Coast  Survey,  under  orders  of  Gen.  McClellan. 

24.  WILLIAM  J.  POTTER.     Chaplain,  detailed  for  special  service  in  prisons  and  hospitals 

in  Washington  and  vicinity.     One  year. 

27.  IRA  MOORE.     Captain,  Co.  G.,  33d  111.  Regiment.   In  Vicksburg  campaign.  Three  years. 

28.  JOSEPH  B.  READ.     Sergeant,  Co.  F.,  58th  Regiment  Mass.  Infantry.   One  and  one-half 

years. 

29.  SAMUEL  W.  CLAP  P.     Lieutenant,  Co.  A.,  8ist  Regiment  from  Platte  Co.,  Missouri. 

29.  LEWIS  WHITING,  M.  D.     Surgeon's  Steward.     West  Gulf  Squadron.     Two  years. 

30.  WILLIAM  H.  WARD.     Sergeant,  Co.  K.,  45th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Nine  months. 

31.  EDWIN  MAY,  M.  D.     Surgeon,  with  rank  of  Major,  in  99th  Regt.  Illinois  Infantry.  Four 

years. 

31.  WILLIAM  A.  WEBSTER,  M.  D.     Surgeon  9th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols.     Surgeon-in- Chief, 

2d  Div.  9th  Army  Corps,  Army  of  Potomac.     Major  and  Brevet  Lieut.Col.  U.  S.  Vols, 
Three  years. 

32.  JABEZ  M.  LYLE.     Lieutenant  and  Captain.    In  Quartermaster's  Dept.  and  Commissary. 

One  year. 

33.  WALTER  GALE.     Captain,  I5th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Three  years. 
38.  FRANKLIN  JACOBS.     Sergeant-Major,  4th  Mass.  Regt. 

38.  JAIRUS  LINCOLN,  JR.     Sergeant,  5th  Regt.  Mass.  Vol.  Militia.     Nine  months. 

38.  ALBERT  WOOD,  M.  D.     Assistant  Surgeon  and  Siftgeon,  29th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.,  and 

ist  Mass.  Cavalry.     Rank,  Major.     Six  months  Acting  Staff  Surgeon,  U.  S.  A.     Three 

years. 

41.  LEANDER  WATERMAN.     Private  to  Captain,  25th  Regt.  Conn.  Vols.     One  year. 

42.  ELBRIDGE  P.  BOYDEN.     Corporal,  43d  Regt.  Mass.  Vol.  Militia.     One  year. 

43.  J.  FRANCIS  TOURTELOTTE,  M.  D.     Surgeon  in  Navy.     Three  yefers. 

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44.  O.  BALFOUR  DARLING.  Nine  months  in  45th  Regt.  Mass.  Volunteers.  Captain, 
I2th  United  States  Colored  Heavy  Artillery.  Four  years. 

44.  G.  MELVILLE  SMITH.      Captain  and  Aid  de  Camp  on  Staff  of  Major-General  Canby, 

Military  Division  of  West  Mississippi.     Three  years. 

45.  BENJAMIN  T.  CROCKER,  M.  D.     Assistant  Surgeon,  United  States  Army,  rank  First 

Lieutenant.     In  charge  of  Hospitals  most  of  the  time,  for  four  and  one-half  years. 

45.  E.  F.  SPAULDING,  M.  D.     Asst.  Surgeon,  ;th  Regt.  Wisconsin  Vols.     Three  years. 

46.  SAMUEL  P.  GATES.     Sergeant  in  general  service,  United  States  Army.     Stationed  at 

Washington,  D.  C. 

46.  HENRY  R.  LYLE.  Captain,  loist  Regiment  New  York  Volunteers,  Heintzleman's 
Corps,  Kearney  Division,  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Two  years. 

46.  HOWARD  MORTON.     Private  to  Captain,  Infantry.     Three  years,  nine  months. 

46.  WALLACE  A.  PUTMAM.*  Entered  service  as  2d  Lieut,  in  Company  from  Hampden 
Co.,  loth  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.  Promoted  to  First  Lieut.  Discharged  Jan.  1863.  Raised 
a  Company  and  was  commissioned  Captain  in  46:.h  Mass.  Regt.  In  the  Seven  Battles 
of  the  Wilderness  acted  as  Field  Officer,  leading  his  regiment,  "the  bravest  of  the 
brave,"  May  34,  1864,  near  the  banks  of  the  North  Anna,  was  wounded  in  head,  came 
home  for  "  thirty  days."  Died  from  this  wound  June  20,1864.  Commissioned  Major, 
May  7,  1864. 

48.  NATHANIEL  B.  HODSDON.  First  Lieut,  of  Company  in  8;th  Regt.  Illinois  Vols. 
Three  years. 

48.  FREDERIC  C.  SMITH.*  Adjutant,  73d  Regt.  Ohio  Vols.  Was  very  active  in  raising 
the  Regt.  in  Oct.  1869.  Died  in  service,  of  typhoid  fever,  at  Weston,  West  Virginia, 
April  18,  1862. 

48.  LEWIS  H.  SWEET,*     Sergeant,  wounded  in  the  arm  in  the  attack  on  Port  Hudson 

June  14,  1863,  and  died  the  next  day.     Nine  months  in  the  service. 

49.  EDMUND  COTTLE.     Second  Lieutenant  Co.  D.,  4th  Reg't  Mass.  Vol. 

49.  A.  JUDSON  GRAY,  M.  D.,  from  acting  Assistant  Surgeon,  to  Surgeon-in-Chief  and 
Inspector  of  Military  District.  Three  years. 

49.  THOMAS  GURNEY.     Lieutenant.     In  service  two  years,  nine  months. 

50.  A.  SUMNER  DEAN,  M.  D.     Acting  Assistant  Surgeon  in  the  Navy.     Two  years. 

50.  ISAAC  F.  KINGSBURY.  From  Sergeant  in  Co.  K.,  32d  Reg't  Mass.  Vols.  Infantry,  to 
Acting  Assistant  Adj.  General.  In  all  the  great  battles  of  the  Army  of  Potomac,  from 
Antietam  to  Petersburg.  Three  years. 

50.  VIRGIL  D.  STOCKBRIDGE.     First  Lieutenant  in  Infantry.     Three  years. 

51.  GEORGE  L.  SMALLEY,  M.  D.     Surgeon.     Died  from  excessive  efforts  in  saving  men 

after  battle  of  Antietam. 

51.  WILLIAM  B.  GROVER.       Medical  Cadet  U.  S.  Army.      Rank,  2d  Lieutenant.      Two 

years,  six  months. 

52.  EDMUND  W.  NUTTER,    Corporal,  Co.  D.  38th  Reg't.  Mass.  Vol's.  Infantry.  One  year. 

53.  WILLIAM  R.  CROSBY.     Lieutenant. 

53.  JOSEPH  W.  HAYWOOD,  M.  D.     From  Medical  Cadet,  U.  S.  A.,  to  Assistant  Surgeon 

and  Brevet  Major  U.  S.  Vol's.     Two  years,  seven  months. 
53.  BENJAMIN  W.  PARSONS.*      ist  Lieut.  3d  Reg't  Mass.  Cavalry.      Died  of  Disease 

contracted  in  the  Army,  at  Lynnfield,  August  14,  1864. 
53.  HENRY  MANLEY.     Corporal,  3d  Reg't  Mass.  Vols.     Nine  months. 
53.  ALBERT  E.  SMITH.     Brev't  Lieut.  Col.  3d  Regular  Artillery.     U.  S.  Army. 

53.  ELISHA  M.  WHITE,  M.  D.     From  Private  to  Surgeon.     37th  Reg't  Mass.  Vol's.  In- 

fantry.    Three  years. 

54.  WILMON  W.  BLACKMER.     Enlisted  as  private  and  passed  through  all  grades  to  Cap- 

tain, and  was  mustered  out  as  Capt.  and  Provost  Marshall,  3d  Brigade,  3d  Division 
Sheridan's  Cavalry.     Three  years. 

54.  PETER  C.  SEARS.     Captain,  33d  Regt.  Ma«s.  Vols.   Infantry.     Three  years. 

55.  THOMAS  CONANT,  JR.    Second  Lieut.  29th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.   Infantry.    Three  years. 
55.  EDWARD   SOUTH  WORTH.     From  private  to  Quartermaster.      In  2d  U.  S.  Regiment 

Colored  Troops,  Infantry.     Three  years  two  months. 


ROLL    OF    HONOR.  163 

56.  SILAS  N.  GROSVENOR.     ist  Sergeant,  Company  C,  2Qth  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.    Infantry. 

Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  while  carrying  the  colors  of  his  regiment,  June  I7th,  1874. 
Three  years. 

57.  JACOB  P.  ALMY.*     Corporal,   330!  Regt.    Mass.    Vols.  nine  months.     Entered   U.   S. 

Military  Academy  at  West   Point.     Graduated  in  1867.     Commissioned  Second  Lieut. 

5th  Cavalry.     Stationed  in  South  Carolina,  Nebraska,  Arizona.     Promoted  to  ist  Lieut. 

1873.     Met  his  death  by  treachery  of  Indians  at  Don  Carlos,  May  27,  1873. 
57.  WARREN  T.  HILLMAN.    Corporal.     One  year. 
57.  THOMAS  S.  ROWLAND.     Private  to  2d  Lieutenant.     33d  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.   Infantry. 

Three  years. 

57.  JOSEPH  L.  LOCKE.     First  Lieut.     33d  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Infantry.     Three  years. 
59.  BERIAH  T.  HILLMAN.     Private  to  2d  Lieutenant.     43d  and  6oth  Regts.  Mass.  Vols. 

Infantry.     One  year. 

67.  BRAINARD   P.  TRASK.     Ensign  in  Navy  during  the  war. 
63.  SAMUEL  J.   BULLOCK.     Private  and  Sergeant.     "  Army  of  Potomac. "       One  year  in 

active  service  under  McClellan,  Burnside,  Hooper  and  Meade.      Lost  a  leg  at  Gettys- 
burg.    In  hospital  one  year. 

Total  of  officers,  sixty-nine. 

PRIVATES. 

i.  GUST AV US  D.  BATES.     Co.  D.,  38th  Regt.  Mass.  Vol.  Infantry.     One  year. 
13.  GEORGE  W.  DEAN.     Assistant  in  U.  S.  Coast  Survey  Army  service.     During  the  war. 

17.  H.  CARLTON  CHEEVER.     Musician.     Band  of  the  iSth  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Infantry. 

18.  J.  S.  P.  WHEELER.     U.  S.  Engineer  Corps,  Co.  C.     Three  years. 
38.  EDWARD  L.  HILL.     Co.  A.,  44th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     One  year. 

38.  BERNARD  PAINE.     Relief  Agent,  Sanitary  Commission.     Five  months. 

39.  JOSIAH  R.  FLETCHER.     In  6th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Infantry.     Nine  months^ 

46.  JOHN  HUMPHREY.*  In  the  Navy,  on  the  U.  S.  Ship  "  Cumberland,"  in  the  fight  with 
the  "  Merrimac  "  in  Hampton  Roads ;  was  fatally  wounded  by  the  bursting  of  a  shell, 
and  sank  with  his  ship,  March  8,  1862. 

46.  LUTHER  RUGG.     Co.  K.,  53d  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Infantry.     One  year. 

46.  SIMSON  S.  SAN  BORN.     In  Quartermaster's  Dept.,  Nashville.     Seven  Months. 

49.  AUGUSTUS  REMICK.  Co.  A.,  S4th  Regt.  111.  Vols.  Infantry.  In  Medical  Purveyor's 
Department  most  of  the  time.  Three  years. 

51.  FRED.  O.  ELLIS.     45th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Infantry.     Ten  months. 

51.  GEORGE  B.  HANNA.     Mass.  Vols.     Infantry.     Eight  months. 

51.  ELLIS  V.  LYON.*    Co.  I.,  ist  Mass.  Cavalry.     Died  at  Petersburg,  Sept.  24,  1864. 

53.  FRANCIS  T.  CRAFTS.     In  3d  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Nine  months. 

53.  JOHN  E.  BRYANT.  Detailed  as  P.  O.  Clerk  at  Fortress  Monroe,  then  at  Newbern, 
N.  C.  The  only  one  of  nine  in  charge  who  remained  at  his  post  during  the  raging  of 
the  yellow  fever  at  Newbern,  of  which  he  died  Oct.  i,  1864.  "Faithful  to  the  end." 

53.  ABRAHAM  G.  R.  HALE.     In  45th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.     Infantry.     Ten  Months. 

53.  HENRY  C.  HOUGHTON.  Gen.  Agent  U.  S.  Christian  Commission  in  the  South,  two 
and  one-half  years. 

53.  CHARLES  W.  McMAHON.     In  service  of  Christian  Commission  seven  months. 

53.  WILLIAM  R.  OSBORNE.  Co.  C.  28th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.  Infantry.  Twenty  months. 
In  six  battles,  wounded  and  disabled  for  life. 

53.  JOHN  W.  PRENTISS.  In  Maj.  Gen.  Banks  Division  at  New  Orleans  and  Port  Hud- 
son. Twelve  months. 

53.  THEODORE  RODMAN.     Co.  C,  29th  Regt.  Mass.  Volunteers.     Infantry. 

54.  CALVIN  PRATT.     Acting  Medical  Cadet,  Judiciary  Square  Hospital,  Washington,  D. 

C.     Eighteen  months.  { 

54.  GEORGE  A.  WHEELER.     Co.  D,  38th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.  Infantry.     Thirty-four  months. 

55.  WILLARD  E.  CLARK.*    3d  Mass.  Cavalry,  I9th  Army  Corps.     Killed  in  the  battle  of 

Cedar  Creek,  Va.,  October  19,  1864. 
55.  GEORGE  T.  KEITH.     In  3d  Mass.  Regt.     Nine  months. 


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164  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

56.  SAMUEL  P.  ALLEN.     Captain's  Clerk  on  ship  "  Fort  Donaldson."     Fourteen  months. 

56.  NOAHDIAH  P.  JOHNSON.     In  Connecticut  Regiment. 

57.  OLIVER  HOWARD.     In  service  100  days. 

57.  D    SWANSON  LEWIS.     In  Mass.  6th  Regiment  "  100  days"  men. 
57.  WILLIAM  A.  MARSHALL.     In  army  six  months. 
57.  LUNAS  A.  MENDELL.     In  army  four  months. 
57.  WTEBSTER  H.  PIERCE.     In  Christian  Commission  service. 
57.   HENRY  L.  REED.     One  of  the  "  100  clays  men." 

57.  HIRAM  N.  WALKER.*     Co.  E.,  5ist  Reg't  Mass.  Vols.     Infantry.     Died  at  Newbern, 
N.  C,  January  18,  1863. 

57.  CHARLES  H.  W.  WOOD.     Co.  A,  42d  Regt.  Mass.  Vol.  Militia.     Four  months. 

58.  GRANVILLE  H.  GOULD.     In  2Qth  Regt.  M.  V.  M.     Nine  months.     56th  Regt.  N.  Y. 

V.  M.     Six  months.     In  Navy,  U.  S.  Steamer  "  Fort  Donaldson."     Thirteen  months. 

58.  CHARLES  RECORD.     3d  Regiment,  M.  V.  M.     Nine  months. 

59.  CHARLES  F.  STUART.*     ist  Maine  Cavalry.     Died  in  Finlay  Hospital,  Washington, 

D.  C.,  April  23,  1863. 
59.  EBEN  W.  FULLER*  In  26th  Regt.  Maine  Vol.  Militia.     Died  in  Chesapeake  Hospital, 

Va.,  Dec.  13.  1862. 

59.  MARCELLUS  G.  HOWARD.     Co.  K,  3d  Regt.  M.  V.  M. 
61.  ALBERT  E.  WINSHIP.     Mass.  Vol.  Militia.     Five  months. 
64.  EMORY  G.  WETHERBEE.     Drummer.     Eighteen  months. 
66.  JOHN  D.  BILLINGS.     loth  Mass.  Light  Artillery.     Thirty-four  months. 
66.  DARIUS  HADLEY.     Musician,  2d  Reg't  N.  H.  V.  M.     In  Navy  six  months. 
66.  ALBERT  F.  RING.     6th  Reg't  M.  V.  Militia.     Six  months. 

Total  of  privates,  forty-six.     Total  in  Army  and  Navy,  one  hundred  fifteen. 


STATISTICAL    SUMMARY. 


165 


SUMMARY. 


TABLE  1.  —  Showing  number  of  gentlemen  and  ladies  admitted  at  commence- 
ment of  each  term,  the  number  in  attendance  each  term,  and  the  number  graduated 
each  term.  The  figure  in  the  left  of  the  space  indicates  the  number  graduated 
from  the  advanced  course. 


CLASS. 

ADMITTED. 

IN  ATTENDANCE. 

GRADUATED. 

Q-entlemen. 

Ladies. 

Total. 

G-entlemen. 

Ladies. 

Total. 

Gentlemen 

Ladies. 

Total. 

I 

7 

21 

28 

- 

21 

28 

fi 

17 

23 

2 

7 

7 

14 

9 

20 

35 

5 

5 

10 

3 

9 

9 

18 

21 

30 

51 

7 

0 

la 

4 

2 

10 

12 

15 

20 

41 

2 

7 

9 

5 

,  3 

8 

11 

22 

30 

52 

1 

2 

o 

6 

3 

11 

14 

8 

30 

38 

2 

3 

5 

7 

5 

10 

15 

18 

27 

45 

1 

4 

5 

8 

16 

9 

25 

26 

17 

43 

4 

4 

8 

9 

9 

8 

17 

11 

22 

33 

3 

1 

4 

10 

17 

3 

20 

29 

15 

44 

7 

3 

10 

11 

26 

7 

33 

51 

20 

71 

5 

2 

7 

12 

8 

17 

25 

11 

34 

45 

1 

8 

9 

13 

14 

7 

21 

27 

14 

41 

10 

7 

17 

14 

10 

10 

20 

43 

24 

07 

5 

6 

11 

15 

7 

15 

22 

19 

20 

45 

4 

9 

13 

16 

10 

7 

17 

16 

19 

35 

8 

6 

14 

17 

20 

18 

38 

36 

43 

79 

18 

16 

34 

18 

9 

15 

24 

26 

30 

56 

7 

11 

18 

19 

19 

10 

31 

25 

38 

63 

11 

16 

27 

20 

7 

18 

25 

102 

6 

15 

21 

21 

4 

9 

13 

51 

3 

7 

10 

22 

2 

9 

11 

64 

2 

8 

10 

23 

7 

6 

13 

52 

7 

6 

13 

24 

fl 

4 

10 

40 

5 

3 

8 

25 

0 

10 

16 

48 

4 

9 

13 

26 

3 

7 

10 

47 

2 

5 

7 

27 

7 

8 

15 

12 

25 

37 

7 

0 

13 

'28 

11 

14 

25 

24 

28 

52 

10 

11 

21 

29 

7 

11 

18 

27 

29 

56 

7 

11 

18 

30 

7 

10 

17 

23 

36 

59 

7 

8 

15 

31 

8 

23 

31 

26 

45 

71 

6 

18 

24 

32 

12 

13 

25 

33 

46 

79 

9 

11 

20 

33 

8 

16 

24 

24 

49 

73 

8 

11 

19 

34 

9 

23 

32 

28 

58 

86 

7 

15 

22 

35 

4 

12 

16 

30 

49 

79 

3 

10 

13 

36 

9 

16 

25 

20 

44 

04 

9 

12 

21 

37 

7 

2') 

27 

21 

50 

71 

3 

14 

17 

38 

15 

24 

39 

38 

54 

92 

10 

18 

28 

39 

8 

16 

24 

22 

48 

70 

4 

11 

15 

40 

16 

17 

33 

30 

34 

64 

14 

12 

26 

41 

2 

3 

5 

23 

81 

54 

2 

3 

5 

42 

7 

6 

13 

24 

23 

47 

7 

6 

13 

43 

4 

4 

8 

30 

21 

51 

4 

4 

8 

44 

8 

7 

15 

20 

18 

38 

7 

6 

13 

45 

9 

23 

32 

27 

39 

66 

6 

20 

26 

46 

15 

21 

36 

35 

54 

89 

14 

16 

30 

166 


BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL, 


CLASS. 

ADMITTED. 

IN  ATTENDANCE. 

GRADUATED. 

Gentlemen. 

Ladies. 

Total. 

Gentlemen.    Ladies. 

Total. 

Gentlemen. 

Ladies. 

Total. 

47 

7 

27 

34     ,j          28 

52 

80 

6 

23 

29 

48 

5 

17 

22 

27 

02 

89 

4 

14 

18 

49 

16 

1!) 

3.3 

25 

01 

87 

10 

14 

24 

50 

10 

9 

19 

23 

40 

03 

7 

s 

15 

51 

13 

24 

37 

31 

4S 

79 

7 

19 

26 

52 

13 

28 

41 

30 

01 

91 

12 

24 

36 

53 

22 

12 

34 

43 

50 

99 

18 

8 

26 

54 

7 

10 

17 

39 

43 

82 

7 

6 

13 

85 

14 

O  > 

^-w 

30 

44 

40 

84 

10 

19 

29 

56 

9 

0 

15 

29 

38 

07 

6 

6 

12 

57 

20 

i.; 

33 

44 

39 

83 

12 

9 

21 

68 

Ml 

21 

31 

37 

50 

87 

5 

13 

18 

59 

24 

in 

39 

50 

44 

94 

10                 8 

18 

no 

1 

10 

17 

28 

51 

79 

1                10 

11 

61 

11 

21 

32 

31 

54 

85 

7 

12 

19 

62 

6 

23 

29 

23 

57 

80 

3 

15 

18 

63 

4 

19 

23 

23 

63 

80 

2 

14 

16 

64 

4 

9 

13 

13 

51 

04 

1 

7 

8 

89 

6 

21 

27 

19 

57 

70 

2 

11 

13 

86 

8 

20 

2S 

18 

02 

80 

4 

11 

15 

67 

8 

15 

23 

19 

59 

78 

4 

9 

13 

68 

8 

12 

20 

22 

53 

75 

5 

8 

13 

6i> 

7 

15 

22 

24 

53 

77 

0 

9 

15 

70 

5 

20 

25 

22 

50 

78 

3 

13 

16 

71 

7 

2.1 

32 

21 

03 

84 

2      5 

20 

27 

72 

10 

32 

42 

26 

83 

109 

1      4 

18 

23 

73 

9 

29 

38 

29 

92 

121 

8 

13 

21 

74 

13 

23 

41 

36 

94 

130 

1       5 

13 

19 

75 

10 

41 

51 

36 

100 

130 

1       5 

12 

18 

76 

5 

45 

50 

36 

100 

142 

3 

3  26 

32 

77 

12 

27 

39 

38 

90 

134 

1      7 

1  16 

25 

78 

4 

26 

30 

32 

107 

139 

3 

3  13 

19 

79 

10 

27 

37 

32 

118 

150 

4 

15 

19 

80 

7 

37 

44 

28 

111 

139 

5 

20 

25 

81 

6 

30 

3G 

28 

122 

150 

2 

15 

17 

82 

11 

33 

44 

30 

115 

145 

5 

16 

21 

83 

7 

25 

32 

31 

109 

140 

4 

12 

16 

84 

8 

47 

55 

33 

121 

154 

2      0 

19 

27 

85 

10 

33 

43 

37 

114 

151 

8G 

18 

41 

59 

45 

115 

160 

87 

14 

22 

36                49 

118 

167 

TABLE  2. —  Showing  from  what  towns  and  counties  (in  Mass.),  and  States 
the  School  has  received  pupils,  and  the  number  from  each. 


Abingtou. 24 

Acton 1 

Acushnet 11 

Andover 4 

Ashby 9 

Athol 1 

Attleboro'  2:'. 

Auburn 2 

Ayer 1 

Barnstable 21 

Bellingham ,  2 

Berkley 14 

Berlin 3 

Bernardston 1 

Beverly 2 

Blackstone 3 

Bolton 5 

Boston 70 

Braintree. 14 

Brcwster 9 

Bridgewater 230 


TOWNS. 

Brighton 1 

Brimfield 1 

Brockton 50 

Brookfield 9 

Brookline 1 

Cambridge 0 

Canton 20 

Carver 7 

Charlestown 10 

Charlton 4 

Chatham 11 

Cheltnsford 2 

Chelsea 0 

Chicopee 1 

Chilmark 5 

Clinton 1 

Cohasset 2 

Danvcrs 8 

Dartmouth 30 

Dedham 8 

Dennis 13 


Dighton 8 

Dorchester ...  4 

Douglass 2 

Dover 4 

Dracut 4 

Duxbury 12 

Bast  Bridgewater 51 

Eastham 2 

Easton 28 

Edgartown 3 

Essex 1 

Fairhaven 24 

Fall  River 31 

Falmouth 10 

Fitchburg 3 

Foxboro* 9 

Frainingham 3 

Franklin 5 

Freetown 20 

Gloucester 2 

Greenfield 1 


STATISTICAL    SUMMARY. 


167 


Greenwich 1 

Groton 2 

Halifax 3 

Hanover 5 

Hanson 4 

Hardwick 1 

Harvard 3 

Harwich 2 

Haverhill 4 

Hingham 21 

Hinsdale 1 

Holbrook 3 

Holden 2 

Holliston 2 

Holyoke 1 

Hopkinton 1 

Hyde  Park 1 

Ipswich 2 

Kingston H) 

Lakeville 2 

Lancaster 2 

Lawrence 8 

L(  ominster 4 

Lexington 4 

Littleton 4 

Lowell ...  5 

Lunenbnrg 1 

Lynn 8 

Lynnfield 1 

Maiden 2 

Mansfield    10 

Marblehead 7 

Marlboro* 5 

Marsbfield 15 

Marion .' 4 

Mattapoisett 6 

Medfield 16 

Medway 15 

Mendon 6 

Methuen 1 

Middleboro* 57 

Millmry 1 

Milford 11 

Milton 14 

Monsun .1 


TOWNS. 

Montague 1 

Nan  tucket 37 

Natick 3 

Needham 7 

Newbury., 1 

Newbtiryport 2 

New  Bedford 59 

Newton 25 

North  Adams 1 

Northampton    J 

Northboro'   19 

Northbridge 1 

Northfield 2 

Norton 8 

Norwood   3 

Orleans 8 

Oxford 1 

Peabody 6 

Pembroke 11 

Pepperell 2 

Petersham 5 

Plymouth 50 

Plympton 7 

Princeton  . .    2 

Provincetown 17 

Quincy 20 

Randolph 37 

Raynham 15 

Reading 15 

Rehoboth 7 

Revere  1 

Rochester 20 

Rockland 1 

Rockport 2 

Roxbury 12 

Roy  alston 4 

Rutland 3 

Salem 7 

Sandwich 8 

Salisbury. 2 

Scituate'. 23 

Seekonk  4 

Sbaron "> 

Sherborn ..  fi 

Somerset 8 


Somerville ...  5 

Southboro'    ;i 

Soutbbridge 4 

South  Scituate 9 

Springfield 1 

Sterling  10 

Stonehani 12 

Stoughton 35 

Stow 4 

Sturbridge 3 

Sudbury 4 

Sutton   4 

Swansea 12 

Taunton.  19 

Templeton 4 

Tisbury <i 

Townsend 2 

Truro 3 

Ty ngsboro' 3 

Upton ...  2 

Uxbridge (> 

Walpole 10 

Waltham 5 

Wareham   6 

Warren 2 

Warwick 2 

Watertown 3 

Way  land  1 

Webster 3 

Wellfleet <> 

Westboro'   1 

West  ford 2 

Westminster 6 

Weston H 

Westport 11 

Weyinouth 12 

West  Briugewater 72 

Wilmington 1 

Winchester 2 

Woburn 10 

Worcester 8 

Wrentham   23 

Yarmouth 10 


Plymouth 702 

Bristol 381 

Norfolk 250 

Worcester 170 

Middlesex .  162 


COUNTIES. 

Barnstable 132 

Suffolk W 

Essex 71 


Nantucket 

Dukes  . .  14 


Hampden , 5 

Franklin    4 

Mam  pshire 2 

Berkshire ...  2 


STATES. 


Massachusetts 2031 

New  Hampshire 100 

Maine  85 

Rhode  Island 40 

Vermont  15 

Connecticut 10 

New  York 11 

Pennsylvania 4 

New  Jersey 1 

District  of  Columbia 2 


Maryland 

West  Virginia. . 

Ohio 

Illinois 

Kentucky 

Minnesota 

Michigan 

Colorado 
South  Carolina. 
Alabama  


Texas    , 1 

California  1 

Canada 1 

Nova  Scotia 3 

Burmah 2 

Japan 1 

Total.,.  ..2324 


168 


BRIpkEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 


The  following  Tables,  3  and  4,  are  not  entirely  correct,  since  the  returns 
from  which  they  were  compiled  were  incomplete.  More  than  three  fourths  of  all 
the  past  members  of  the  School  have  been  heard  from,  and  much  pains  has  been 
taken  to  get  facts  in  every  case.  They  may,  therefore,  serve  to  show  with  a  good 
degree  of  accuracy  the  character  and  amount  of  the  work  which  has  been  done  by 
our  Alumni,  together  with  some  of  the  important  facts  in  their  history. 

TABLE  3.  —  Showing  the  number  of  persons  heard  from  in  each  class,  the 
number  of  graduates  heard  from  in  each  class,  the  total  number  of  years  of  teach- 
ing for  all  those  heard  from  in  each  class,  and  the  average  number  of  years  of 
teaching  for  all  those  heard  from  in  each  class.  Persons  who  remained  in  the 
School  only  a  short  time  after  their  admission  have  not  been  counted  in  the  record 
given  in  this  table. 


CLASS. 

NUMBER 

IN  THE  Cl^ASS. 

GENTLEMEN.                     LADIES. 

Not  heard 
from. 

la 
II 

3  ^ 

jpf 

Total 
of  teaching 
in  years. 

Average 
of  teaching 
in  years. 

Not  heard 
from. 

|| 

Known  to 
have 
taught. 

Total 
of  teaching 

in  years. 

Average 
of  teaching 
in  years. 

1 

27 

0 

7 

6 

44 

6 

1 

19 

15 

151 

<S 

2 

14 

0 

7 

5 

21 

3   i    2 

5 

5 

41 

8 

3 

18 

2 

7 

7 

53 

74 

3 

6 

6 

34 

6 

4 

11 

0 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

7 

5 

67 

84 

5 

10 

2 

1 

1 

2 

2 

0 

7 

7 

27 

4 

6 

13 

1 

2 

2 

4 

2 

2 

8 

8 

85 

84 

7 

11 

1 

2 

2 

7 

34 

2 

6 

5 

53 

9 

8 

24 

5 

10 

6 

184 

2 

2 

7 

6 

26 

4 

9 

18 

2 

7 

5 

14 

2 

2 

7 

5 

36 

5 

30 

19 

3 

13 

11 

128 

10 

1 

2 

1 

1 

£ 

11 

33 

7 

19 

18 

160 

8 

1 

6 

5 

15 

24 

12 

26 

2 

7 

5 

33 

5 

1 

16 

16 

150 

94 

13 

20 

2 

11 

11 

79 

7      2 

5 

5 

20 

4 

14 

20 

5 

3 

29 

6  !    6 

4 

4 

30 

74 

15 

19 

a 

2 

2 

20 

10 

4 

11 

10 

80 

7 

16 

16 

3 

6 

6 

108 

18 

3 

4 

4 

26 

64 

17 

38 

1 

19 

19 

251 

13 

5     13 

9 

71 

54 

18 

24 

4 

5 

4 

62 

12 

6 

9 

r* 

44 

5 

19 

30 

6 

8 

7 

10 

1 

8 

8 

7 

113 

14 

20 

24 

1 

6 

6 

36 

6 

3 

14 

11 

83 

6 

21 

13 

1 

3 

2 

21 

7 

1 

8 

7 

82 

10 

22 

11 

1 

1 

1 

5 

5 

1 

8 

7 

67  - 

8 

23 

13 

0 

7 

5 

55 

8 

1 

5 

5 

39 

8 

24 

10 

1 

5 

5 

31 

6 

1 

3 

2 

28 

9 

25 

15 

0 

4 

2 

5 

1 

0 

11 

10 

76 

7 

26 

9 

0 

3 

3 

49 

16 

0 

6 

5 

15 

24 

27 

14 

2 

5 

5 

20 

4 

1 

6 

6 

30 

5 

28 

23 

2 

7 

64 

7 

4 

8 

7 

46 

6 

2!) 

18 

1 

6 

(> 

35 

6 

1 

10 

8     55 

54 

HO 

16 

1 

6 

6 

72 

12 

6 

3 

3     15 

5 

31 

31 

2 

6 

6 

72 

12 

4 

19 

IS    148 

8 

32 

22 

7 

7 

62 

9 

4 

9 

7     93 

10 

33 

24 

H 

5 

62 

10 

5 

11 

11 

84 

8 

34 

32 

7 

6 

81 

114  :   4 

20 

16 

145 

7 

35 

15 

1 

1 

7 

7      7 

5 

5  :   21 

4 

36 

23 

7 

7 

49 

7 

4 

10 

10     68 

7 

37 

22 

4 

4  i   33 

8 

3 

13 

13    124 

94 

38 

32 

g 

7 

55 

7 

5 

15 

15 

145 

10 

39 

20 

2 

2 

2 

1 

3 

9 

9 

87 

10 

40 

32 

3 

13 

11 

77 

6 

3 

13 

13 

91 

7 

41 

5 

0 

2 

o 

43 

214  i   o 

3 

3 

15 

5 

42 

13 

1 

6 

6 

69 

114 

0 

6 

5 

44 

7 

43 

8 

0 

4 

3 

24 

6 

1 

3 

3 

31 

10 

44 

15 

1 

7 

6 

63 

9 

0 

7 

6 

14 

2 

45 

32 

1 

8 

8 

29 

4 

3 

20 

20 

151 

8 

46 

30 

0 

15 

13 

77 

5 

3 

18 

18 

155     9 

STATISTICAL    SUMMARY, 


169 


CLASS. 

N  1  MUKR  IN  THE 

CLASH. 

GENTLEMEN. 

LADIES. 

Not  heard 
from. 

ii 

Known  to 
have 

taught. 

Total  of 
teaching 
in  year.-. 

Average  of 
teaching 
in  years. 

Not  heard 
from. 

I! 

i* 

*££ 

31  s 

ei.5 

2»z 

fce-~  a 

SI* 

*  5  c 

<5  "" 

47 

34 

2 

5 

4 

34 

7 

3 

24 

23 

177 

7 

48  - 

22 

1 

4 

4 

13 

3 

3 

14 

14 

104 

7 

49 

35 

8 

8 

8 

7i> 

10 

5 

14 

12 

52 

4 

50 

19 

o 

8 

5 

40 

5 

1 

8 

7 

24 

3 

51 

37 

1 

12 

9 

48 

4 

4 

20 

19 

120 

6 

5J 

40 

2 

11 

11 

73 

7 

4 

-  23 

22 

134 

6 

5'5 

:u 

3 

19 

19 

71 

4 

2 

10 

9 

49 

5 

54 

17 

0 

7 

6 

39 

6 

3 

7 

6 

49 

7 

5T> 

M 

2 

12 

8 

83 

7 

4 

18 

18 

99 

54 

51) 

13 

3 

0 

5 

21 

34 

1 

5 

5 

21 

4 

57 

33 

2 

18 

8 

42 

2 

1 

12 

11 

52 

4 

58 

31 

5 

5 

4 

10 

2 

4 

17 

13 

75 

44 

59 

3!) 

(i 

18 

10 

85 

5 

3 

12 

11 

76 

6 

60 

17 

0 

1 

1 

i 

1 

o 

14 

12 

65 

5 

61 

32 

2 

9 

8 

71 

8 

fl 

15 

12 

64 

4 

62 

2!) 

2 

4 

4 

2H 

6* 

3 

20 

20 

116 

6 

63 

23 

0 

4 

3 

10 

3 

3 

16 

15 

83 

5 

64 

13 

0 

4 

1 

0 

0 

3 

6 

6 

27 

4 

65 

27 

0 

6 

5 

31 

5 

2 

19 

18 

115 

6 

66 

28 

2 

fi 

5 

43 

7 

5 

15 

13 

84 

54 

67 

23 

1 

7 

Tj 

38 

0* 

3 

12 

11 

44 

4 

68 

20 

1 

7 

7 

3!) 

(i 

1 

11 

10 

63 

6 

69 

22 

0 

7 

r> 

23 

3 

2 

13     ;      12 

51 

4 

70 

25 

1 

4 

4 

17 

4 

3 

17 

16 

67 

4 

71 

32 

1 

0 

6 

20 

5     i 

1 

24 

22 

112 

5 

72 

42 

2 

8 

(> 

19 

3      !        8 

24 

22 

112 

5 

73 

38 

0 

9 

7 

26 

3 

7 

22 

18 

86 

4 

74 

41 

0 

13 

(i 

16 

14 

4 

24 

23 

99 

4 

75 

51 

2 

8 

7 

22 

3 

7 

34 

26 

87 

24 

7«; 

50 

2 

3 

2 

7 

24 

5 

40 

36 

105 

24 

77 

39 

2 

10 

8 

23 

2* 

0 

27 

23 

58 

2 

78 

30 

0 

4 

4 

6 

14 

2 

24 

24 

60 

24 

79 

37 

2 

9 

5 

9 

-  • 

4 

23 

16 

36 

2 

80 

38 

2 

5 

3 

6 

1             8 

29 

22 

31 

1 

170  BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 


SUMMARY. 

TABLE  4.     Showing  the  total  results  as  gathered  from  the  returns  which  have  been  made. 

"Whole  number  of  Admissions,  Gentlemen,  804;  Ladies,  1,520;  total,       -  2,32£ 

TV  hole  number  of  Graduates,  Gentlemen,  506;  Ladies,  934;  total, 1,440 

Whole  number  heard  from,  Gentlemen,  598;  Ladies,  1,105;  total,    -        -        -       -       -        1,705 

Number  of  those  heard  from  who  are  known  to  have  taught,  Gentlemen,  479;  Ladies, 

971;  total, 1,450 

Whole  number  of  years  of  teaching  for  eighty  classes,  Gentlemen,  3,344;  Ladies,  5,619; 

total, 8,962 

Number  of  Alumni  deceased,  as  returned,  249- 

Number  of  Ladies  married,  as  returned,      - 574 

Number  in  the  Army  and  Navy  during  the  late  war, 115 

Number  of  Admissions  under  Mr.  Tillinghast,  Gentlemen,  344;  Ladies,  477;  total,        -  821 

Number  of  Graduates  under  Mr.  Tillinghast,  Gentlemen,  213;  Ladies,  314;  total   -        -  527 
Number  of  years  of  Teaching  by  pupils  of  Mr.  Tillinghast,  Gentlemen,  1,862;  Ladies, 

2,521;  total,       ----- 4,38,3- 

Average  number  of  years  of  teaching  for  all  the  pupils  of  Mr.  Tillinghast  heard  from, 
Gentlemen,  7  2-3 years  ;  Ladies,  7  1-3  years. 

Number  of  Admissions  under  Mr.  Conant,  Gentlemen,  168;  Ladies,  249;  total,      -        -  417 

Number  of  Graduates  under  Mr.  Conant,  Gentlemen,  133 ;  Ladies,  207:  total,         -        -  340 
Number  of  years  of  Teaehin  ;  by  pupils  of  Mr.  Conant,  Gentlemen,  8H2;  Ladies,  1,309; 

total, 2,171 

Average  number  of  years  of  teaching  for  all  the  pupils  of  Mr.  Conant  heard  from, 
Gentlemen,  6  years  ;  Ladies,  6  1-3  years. 

Number  of  Admissions  under  Mr.  Boyden,  Gentlemen,  292;  Ladies,  794;  total,     -        -  1,08$ 

Number  of  Graduates  under  Mr.  Boyden,  Gentlemen,  160;  Ladies,  413;  total,        -        -  573 
Number  of  years  of  Teaching  by  pupils  of  Mr.  Boyden,  Gentlemen,  620;  Ladies,  1,789; 

total, ....--  2,409 


BRIDGEWATER    NORMAJL    LYCEUM.  171 


BRIDGEWATER    NORMAL    LYCEUM. 

In  the  autumn  of  1839,  several  of  the  students  of  the  Bridgewater 
Academy  formed  themselves  into  a  society  called  the  "  Bridge-water 
Speaking  Club,"  having  for  its  object,  as  its  name  indicates,  the  im- 
provement of  its  members  in  the  exercise  of  declamation.  This 
society  may  be  considered  the  germ  from  which  has  grown  this  Ly- 
ceum. It  consisted  originally  of  ten  members,  which  number  was- 
increased  in  a  few  weeks  to  seventeen.  Two  public  exhibitions  were 
given  with  success.  The  interest  in  declamation  began  to  diminish 
after  the  stimulus  of  the  exhibition  was  withdrawn,  when  it  was  sug- 
gested that  occasional  debate  would  be  more  beneficial.  It  was  soon 
after  voted  to  spend  one-half  of  the  evening  in  debate.  The  first 
question  for  debate  was  "Are  the  works  of  nature  more  pleasing  to 
the  eye  than  the  works  of  Art?"  The  debate  was  a  success.  Meet- 
ings were  held  once  a  week,  and  were  private  until  September,  1840  ; 
after  this  time  spectators  were  allowed,  and  their  presence  greatly 
increased  the  interest  of  the  meetings. 

In  January,  1841,  a  lecture  was  delivered  before  the  society  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Thurston,  on  the  discovery  of  America  by  the  Northmen t 
A.  D.  1000.  This  lecture  gave  so  much  satisfaction  that  it  was  pro- 
posed to  have  occasional  lectures  from  the  members  of  the  Club ;. 
each  in  his  turn  was  to  favor  the  Club  with  his  ideas  on  some  familiar 
subject.  The  lectures  seemed  to  give  a  new  life  and  interest  to  the 
meetings  of  the  society.  About  this  time  some  of  the  students  of  the 
Normal  School  became  members  of  the  Club,  a  new  constitution  was 
formed,  and  the  society  adopted  the  name  of  "The  Bridgewater 
Young  Men's  Lyceum."  The  meetings  continued  to  be  held  regu- 
larly and  with  increasing  interest. 

In  August,  1844,  it  was  thought  that  some  additional  rules  were 
necessary  for  the  government  of  the  large  number  of  members  that 
then  attended  the  meetings  of  the  society.  A  set  of  By-Laws  was- 
adopted,  among  which  was  one  making  Jefferson's  Manual  the  stand- 
ard by  which  to  decide  all  disputes  on  points  of  order.  The  Consti- 
tution was  amended  so  as  to  have  a  standing  President  and  Vice  Pres- 
ident instead  of  choosing  a  President  at  each  meeting.  On  the  sixth 
ballot,  Horace  Chapin  was  elected  the  first  President.  The  Lyceum 
had  now  passed  from  the  Academy  into  the  hands  of  the  Normal 
students,  although  open  to  all  the  young  men.  Its  meetings  were 
often  crowded,  a  large  part  of  the  audience  consisting  of  ladies- 


172  BRIDGKWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

From  this  time  onward  the  Lyceum  continued  to  hold  its  meetings 
on  Friday  evenings  during  the  terms  of  the  school,  until  within  a  few 
years  when  it  has  held  them  on  alternate  Friday  evenings  during  the 
term.  For  many  years  ladies  have  been  members,  and  have  taken 
an  active  part  in  the  exercises,  with  the  exception  of  the  debate,  in 
which  they  participate  only  to  a  limited  extent.  The  object  of  the 
Lyceum  is  mutual  improvement.  The  present  By-Laws  provide  that 
the  order  of  exercises  shall  be  as  follows  :  Calling  of  the  Roll ; 
Reading  of  the  Journal ;  Appointments  by  the  President;  Transac- 
tion of  business ;  Report  of  Prudential  Committee ;  Declamations ; 
Reading  of  Selections,  or  reading  of  the  "Normal  Offering, "  as  the 
case  may  be ;  Debate  ;  Criticism  by  the  President,  at  his  option. 
Music  shall  be  inserted  in  the  order  of  exercises,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  President.  The  "Normal  Offering"  shall  be  read  once  in  four 
weeks,  by  a  member  appointed  for  the  purpose.  On  evenings  alter- 
nating with  those  on  which  the  Offering  is  read,  there  shall  be  decla- 
mations by  two  gentlemen,  appointed  four  weeks  previous.  On  the 
same  evenings  select  pieces  shall  be  read  by  two  ladies,  appointed 
four  weeks  previous.  At  each  regular  meeting,  the  discussion  of  the 
question  reported  at  a  previous  meeting  shall  be  in  order,  and  shall 
close  five  minutes  before  the  time  of  adjournment. 


BRIDGEWATER    NORMAL    ASSOCIATION.  173 


BRIDGEWATER    NORMAL   ASSOCIATION. 

In  1842,  the  number  of  persons  who  had  been  pupils  in  the  school 
was  one  hundred  and  thirty.  "As  they  were  widely  scattered,  and 
had  few  opportunists  for  perpetuating  school  friendship,  the  plan  of  a 
Convention  was  devised,  having  for  its  objects  the  gathering  of  the 
Alumni  and  pupils  of  the  school,  thus  enabling  them  to  spend  a  day 
in  social  intercourse  and  Normal  enjoyment." 

"The  first  convention  was  held  in  the  school-room  at  Bridgewater, 
August  3,  1842.  Ninety-nine  of  the  past  members  of  the  school  were 
present.  Joseph  Underwood,  Jr.,  presided.  After  the  transaction 
of  the  necessary  business,  addresses  were  delivered  by  Mr.  Tilling- 
hast,  the  Principal  of  the  school,  Rev.  S.  J.  May,  Hon.  Horace 
Mann,  and  Dr.  Kendall,  of  Plymouth.  At  noon  the  Convention 
proceeded  to  the  Academy  Hall  and  partook  of  a  collation  provided 
by  the  Normal  students  and  their  friends.  From  the  Academy  the 
company  proceeded  to  the  Unitarian  Church  and  listened  to  a  lecture 
on  "  Punishment,"  delivered  by  Horace  Mann.  When  Mr.  Mann 
had  concluded,  Rev.  S.  J.  May  made  some  remarks  on  the  duties  of 
parents  toward  their  children,  as  scholars.  The  procession  then  re- 
turned to  the  school-room  where  a  committee,  who  had  previously 
been  chosen  for  the  purpose,  reported  a  series  of  six  resolutions  com- 
plimentary to  the  following:  The  Normal  School,  the  Common 
School  Journal,  the  Friends  and  Patrons  of  the  Normal  School,  the 
Board  of  Education  and  its  Secretary,  the  Teachers  of  the  Normal 
School,  and  the  people  of  Bridgewater."  The  Convention  then  ad- 
journed for  one  year. 

The  Convention  continued  to  be  held  annually.  In  1845,  the  Con- 
vention formed  itself  into  an  Association  by  adopting  the  following 
preamble  and  a  Constitution. 

PREAMBLE. — The  State  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater,  being  now 
permanently  established,  it  is  desirable  that  the  graduates  and  scholars 
of  the  Institution  should  effect  a  more  perfect  organization  than  has 
hitherto  existed. 

It  is  believed  that  an  Association,  embracing  the  advantages  of  a 
"Corresponding  Society ,  "a  "  Teachers'"  Institute"  and  a  " Social 
Gathering"  of  all  who  have  been  or  may  become  members  of  this 
school  would  give  permanence  to  the  friendship  here  formed,  would 
strengthen  the  attachment  of  its  members  to  the  duties  of  their  calling, 
and  in  many  ways  be  an  important  auxiliary  to  the  cause  of  Common 


174  BRIDGE  WATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

School  education.  For  the  promotion  of  these  objects,  we,  the  grad- 
uates and  scholars  of  the  Normal  School,  in  Convention  assembled, 
hereby  form  an  Association,  and  agree  to  be  governed  by  the  follow- 
ing CONSTITUTION  : 

1.  "  The  Association  shall  be  called  the  Bridgewater  Normal  As- 
sociation." 

2.  "The  Officers  shall  be  a  President,  three  Vice  Presidents,  two 
Secretaries,  and  a  Treasurer.     And  these  officers  shall  constitute  an 
.Executive  Committee. 

3.  This  Association  shall  hold  a  meeting  in  Bridgewater,  Mass., 
.annually,  on  the  third  Wednesday  of  August,  for  the  purpose  of  trans- 
acting business,  hearing  addresses,  and  of  discussing  questions  relat- 
ing to  education. 

4.  "The  officers  shall  be  chosen  annually,  and  shall  perform  the 
•duties  usually  incumbent  on  such  officers." 

5.  "All  the  graduates  and  scholars  of  the  State  Normal  School, 
Bridgewater,  shall  be  considered  members  of  the  Association." 

6.  "  The  Teachers,  past  and  present,  of  the  State  Normal  Schools 
of  Massachusetts,  shall  be  Honorary  Members  of  the  Association." 

7.  "In  selecting  orators  to  deliver  the   annual  addresses,  prefer- 
ence shall  be  given  to  members,  or  honorary  members  of  the  Associa- 
tion." 

Many  amendments  to  this  Constitution  have  been  made,  and  By- 
Laws  have  been  adopted ;  but  the  main  objects  and  features  of  the 
Association  have  remained  substantially  the  same,  except  the  idea 
of  making  the  Association  a  "Corresponding  Society."  Articles 
were  in  the  Constitution  for  the  first  two  years  after  its  adoption,  re- 
quiring each  member  of  the  Association  to  write  a  letter  annually,  in 
the  month  of  June,  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Normal  Asso- 
ciation, Bridgewater,  Mass.,  giving  a  full  account  of  himself  for  the 
year,  with  his  Post-office  address.  This  plan  was  soon  found  imprac- 
ticable, and  abandoned. 

The  main  features  of  the  Association  have  been  a  business  meeting 
in  the  school-room,  a  public  address  in  one  of  the  churches,  a  colla- 
tion, with  after-dinner  speeches,  and  a  social  reunion  in  the  town  hall 
in  the  evening.  Since  1&&8,  the  meetings  of  the  Association  have 
been  held  biennially. 


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The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Presidents  and  Orators  of  the  Association,  at  each  meeting  : 

DATE.  PRESIDENTS.  ORATORS. 

1842.  Joseph  Underwood,  Jr.  Horace  Mann. 

1843.  Alson  A.  Gilmore.  George  B.  Emerson. 

1844.  Alhert  Conant.  Win.  B.  Fowle. 

1845.  James  E.  Leach.  Rev.  Charles  Brooks. 

1846.  James  E.  Leach.  Ainasa  Walker. 

1847.  Mertoun  C.  Bryant.  Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker. 

1848.  John  A.  Goodwin.  James  Ritchie. 

1849.  *  IMrhard  Edwards,  Jr.  James  E.  Leach. 

1850.  Nathaniel  T.  Allen.  Christopher  A.  Greene. 
Horace  Chapin. 

1851 .  Dana  P.  Colburn.  Rev.  Horace  James. 

1852.  Thomas  Metcalf.  Rev.  E.  B.  Wilson. 

1853.  John  Kneeland.  Richard  Edwards,  Jr. 

1854.  Albert  G.  Boyden.  Edw.  A.  H.  Allen. 

1855.  Edward  A.  H.  Allen.  Rev.  Samuel  P.  May. 

1856.  William  P.  Bay  ward.  Richard  Edwards,  Jr. 

1857.  George  A.  Walton.  William  J.  Potter. 

1858.  William  H.  Ladd.  John  Kneeland.   • 
1860.  Samuel  S.  Wilson.  John  A.  Goodwin. 
1862.  Joshua  Kendall.  Marshall  Conant. 
1864.  Benjamin  F.  Clarke.  Thomas  Hill,  D.D. 
1866.  James  T.  Allen.  Theodore  D.  Weld. 

1868.  Graiiville  B.  Putnam.  Lewis  B.  Monroe  (Reading). 

1870.  Albert  J.  Manchester.  Rev.  —     —  Clark. 

1872.  Albert  Stetson.  Rev.  J.  W.  Chadwick. 

1874.  Thomas  H.  Barnes.  Albert  G.  Boyden. 

1876.  George  H.  Martin.  Edwin  P.  leaver. 


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BRIDGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL  SCHOOL. 


ALPHABETICAL    INDEX. 


GENTLEMEN. 

Class. 

Class. 

Class.                                       |Class. 

34  Abbot  A.B. 
73  Adams  C.  F. 

51  Blood  S.  J. 
19  BogueT.  H. 

3  Colwell  T.  B.                17  Dickerman  Q.  E. 
38  Comey  C.  H.                 ^34  Dickerson  E.  W. 

33                 J.  M. 

38  Bolles  W.  A. 

54  Comins  E.  I.                   ^38  Diett-iph  .T.  n. 

11  Aikin  \\r.  P. 

11   Boomer  F.  A. 

1  Conant  A. 

71  Dill  J.  M. 

10  Alden  A. 

38  Bowers  A.  B. 

8                  C. 

18  Dix  G.  W. 

'   84                H.  D. 

66                  J.  E. 

85                  G.  A. 

61  Doland  F. 

8                 1.  F. 

64  Bowthorp  S.  T. 

74                  G.  M. 

9  Drake  B.  F. 

36                 J.  E. 

74  BoydenA.  C. 

86                  H.  I. 

81                B.  W. 

14                J.  F. 

26                   A.  G. 

55                  T. 

7                J.  S. 

51                 W.  H. 

42                   E.  P. 

44                   W.  P. 

72  Dunbar  E.  J. 

86                 W.  H. 

87                  W.  C.               79  Condon  M.                     |59                 S.  J. 

17  Allen  E.  A.  H. 

72  Bovlston  B.  C.               87  Con  well  A.  F. 

45  Dunham  L.  G. 

59               E.  K. 

61  BrewsterW.  W.           !53  Cook  D.  E. 

20  Dunn  J.  L. 

33               H.  F. 

28  Briggs  F.                         32              J.  T. 

75  Dyer  E.  O. 

6               H.  W. 

14                S.D. 

59  Copeland  B. 

87             S.,  Jr. 

34              J.  T. 

36  Brigham  T.  R. 

59                     H. 

17               X.  T. 

55  Broad  O.  J. 

28                      I. 

14  Eastland  J.D. 

56               S.  P. 

50  Brock  G.  A. 

85                      L. 

13  Eaton  H.  L. 

11               W.  P. 

77  BroderickJ. 

85                      M.  B. 

45               J.  H. 

57  Almy  J.  P. 

29  Brown  J.  F. 

15                      V. 

3  EddyJ.  M. 

10  Ames  E.  G. 

25                 J.  N. 

41                      W.  T. 

29  Edmands  B.  B.  W. 

74  Andrew  B.  S.                |26                 M.  T. 

10  Cornish  T.  O. 

77  Edwards  G.  G. 

17  Andrews  G.  L.              34                 S.  M. 

74  Cotter  J.  E. 

45                      H.  R. 

74                     0.  A. 

48  Bruce  W.  G. 

49  Cottle  E. 

17                     R. 

85  Armes  H.  L. 
79  Arnold  F.  A. 

53  Bryant  J.  E. 
1                 M.  C. 

.53  Crafts  F.  T. 
84  Craig  F.  W. 

87  Eldridge  D.  G. 
8  Ellis  A. 

75                  G.  A. 

31                  O.  F.                   58  Cram  L.  T. 

51              F.  0. 

1-2  Athevton  N. 

47  Buffington  G.  B. 

31  CraneS. 

75             J.  A. 

19  Atwood  D. 

42  Bullard  H.  C. 

45  Crocker  B.  T. 

44  Emery  J.  A. 

75                   H.  T. 

37                   I.  H. 

30                   C.  F. 

79  Evans  G. 

•21                   J.  W. 

68  BnllockS.  J. 

72                   J.  A. 

20  Everett  H.  J. 

67                   W.  B. 

50  Bunker  A. 

81                     S.  L. 

40                 J.  B. 

68  A  very  E.  A. 

8  Burden  T.  A. 

71                   W.  H. 

45                  W.  J. 

40  Burditt  W.  D. 

87  Cronellv  W. 

31  EwellT.  B. 

51  Babcock  E.  A. 

39  Burgess  X.  A. 

53  Crosby  W.  K. 

16  Baker  G.  M. 

78  Burke  J.  J. 

67  Crowninshield  E. 

57  Fairbanks  L.  B. 

50               J.                         86  Burnes  W.  H. 

43  Cummings  W.  H. 

53                       W.  G. 

82                Z. 

28  Burr  E.  W. 

36  Currier  S.  E.  D. 

24  Fa  rns  worth  A.  W. 

80  Bakie  D.  J. 

11  BurtB. 

57  Cushing  C.  B. 

36  Farwell  G. 

20  Bailey  B.  H. 

22            S. 

17                   M.  G. 

28  Faunce  E. 

32  Ballou  A.  A. 

19  CushmanA. 

49  FayL.D. 

18  Bancroft  S.  C. 

52  Caldwell  A. 

19                     C. 

69            M.  J. 

25  Barnard  J.  F. 

71  Campbell  A.  H. 

28                      C.  M. 

50  FeltC.  W. 

86  Barnes  M.  D. 

19  Capen  A. 

2                      X.  T. 

49  Ferguson  J.  H. 

32                 T.  H. 

19              F. 

29                      S. 

65  Fisher  C.  I. 

40  Barrell  W.  A. 

73  Carr  G.  B. 

75  FittsE.  P. 

55   Barrows  C.  M. 

56  Carver  N.  E. 

9  Dailv  H. 

39  Fitz  C.  F. 

16  BartlettF.  W. 

13  Case  J. 

47  Damon  W. 

55  Fletcher  G.  T. 

71  Bassett  J.  G. 

11  CassJ. 

36  Dana  J.  J. 

85                   H.  F. 

79                 W.                    [61  Chadbourn  M.  \V. 

13  Daniels  D.  H. 

39                   J.  R. 

1  Bates  G.  D. 

50  Chadwick  J.  W. 

19                 M.  S. 

77  FoggL.W. 

54   Baxter  J.  F. 

31  Chamberlain  F.  H. 

16                  W. 

46  Folger  A.  M. 

3  Beal  G.  W. 

11  ChapinH.                       42  Darling  L.  A. 

58  Ford  G.  T. 

28  Beals  E.  H. 

17  Cheever  H.  C. 

44                   O.  B. 

77  FoxE.  E. 

32  Beard  E.  S. 

51  Christian  C.  F. 

20  Davis  C.  D. 

75            J.  E. 

20  Belcher  A.  H. 

10  Clapp  E. 

75                F.  B. 

68  Francis  J.  A. 

18                 C.  W. 

82               G.  W. 

64                G.  D. 

40  Freeman  D. 

87                  J->  2nd 

55               H.  L. 

62                G.  L. 

67                     H.  A. 

34  Bell  W. 

29                S.  \V. 

23  DavolW.  C. 

82                      X. 

84  Benedict  G. 

44  Clarke  B.  F. 

13  Dean  A. 

"9  French  A.  J. 

72  Bennett  A.  A.                 10                E.  C. 

50               A.  S. 

14                 E. 

1  Benson  C. 

70                 H.  J. 

13              G.  W. 

13                 E.  G. 

86  Beutley  C.  N. 

55                 W.  E. 

3              S. 

M)                M.  C. 

52                    D. 

36                W.  X. 

84  Decker  J.  W. 

5                 0. 

66  Benton  L.  F. 

27                W.  P. 

76                 L.  H. 

8  Fuller  B.  B. 

61  Berrv  J.  D. 

17  ClelandW. 

79  Deland  G.  W. 

59                 E. 

43  Bigrelow  G.  D. 

26  Clough  W.  A. 

30  Delano  E.  C. 

11                G.  B. 

66  Billings  J.  D. 
35  Bir  1  S. 

8  CobbE.  W. 
37              W.  S. 

Rl  Depuv  W. 
74  Desmond  T.  F. 

40                H.B. 

53  Bisbee  A.  W, 

70  Coffin  C.  R. 

11  Devens  R.  M. 

49  GageG.  M. 

40                 J-  V. 

10  Colburn  D.  P. 

52  Dexter  C.  F. 

33  GaleW. 

40  Blackman  T.  B. 

1)2  Cole  C.  A. 

32  Dibble  E.  H. 

9  Gardner  F.  B. 

54  Blackmar  W.  W. 

81            C.  F. 

12  Dickerman  E.  T. 

46  Gates  S.  P. 

49  Blackmer  G.  A. 

85            H.  M.. 

11                         G.  H. 

H  GaultJ.  H. 

40  Blanchard  H. 

87  Collins  C.  B. 

LI                         L. 

9  GayC. 

ALPHABETICAL    INDEX. 


177 


Class. 

Class. 

Class. 

Class. 

40   Gnv  E.,  Jr. 

53  Houghton  H.  C. 

32  Lovewell  S.  J. 

62  Pickard  C.  T. 

69            P.  A. 

11  Howard  C.  H. 

19  Lowe  L.  G. 

74  Pierce  F.  W. 

75  Gibbs  D.  H. 

55                   H.  F. 

52  Ludington  F.  H. 

8                H.  L. 

711               H.  L. 

57                   H.  F. 

85  Lyeth  J.  C. 

14                J. 

75  (Jifford  J.  B. 

56                    H.  W. 

46  Lyle  H.  R. 

71                J.  N. 

2  Gilmore  A.  A. 

59                   M. 

32             J.  R. 

57                 W.  K. 

:v\  GoodaleF.  W. 

57                   0. 

33  LyndeE.A. 

66  Pilling  J.  E. 

78  Goodnough  W.  S. 
52  Goodrich  H.  G. 

57  Rowland  T.  S. 
68  HoxieW. 

51  LyonE.V. 

55  Pillsbury  D.  S. 
47  Pope  A.  A. 

12  Goodwin  J.  A. 
13  Gordon  W.  R. 

46  Humphrey  J. 
58  HuntC.  D. 

73  Maglathlin  E.  B. 
23  Manchester  A.  J. 

30  Porter  A. 
39  Potter  H.  A. 

40  GossE. 

73              G.  T. 

53  ManleyH. 

86                W.  E. 

47  Gould  G. 

68  Kurd  M.  W.  D. 

28  Mann  E.,  2nd. 

24                W.  J. 

58            -  G.  H. 

84  Hussey  W.  R. 

57  Marshall  W.  H. 

73  Powell  J. 

59                G.  P. 

69  Hutchmson  H.  L. 

79                    F.  E. 

71  Powers  A.  H. 

si                 J.  B. 

59  Martin  G.  H. 

76                  G.  M. 

80               L.  M. 

86  Isawa  S. 

31  MavE. 

54  Pratt  C. 

49  Graves  H. 

72  Ives  S.  A. 

12         "   E.F. 

36              D.  H. 

49  Gray  A.  J. 
40  Green  O.  H. 

87  Jackson  W.  D. 

9  MayhewF. 
78  McCrillis  H.  O. 

72              F.  G. 
80              G.  W. 

18  Greene  C.  C. 

38  Jacobs  F. 

32  McDonald  A. 

10              H.A. 

71  Grigson  L.  B. 

86  Jefts  M.  W. 

29  McKendrvD. 

43              H.  T. 

(58  Grossman  E. 

L7  Jenney  F. 

40  Me  Mahan  J.  W. 

82              L.  A. 

f>6  Grosvenor  S.  X. 

46  Jewell  D.  L. 

53  McMahon  C.  W. 

20              M.  V. 

51  Grover  VV.  B. 

84  Jewett  F.  G. 

62  McManusE.  T. 

6              X.  F.  C. 

59  Guernsey  D.  W. 

84                L. 

84  Mead  T.  A. 

73  Prentiss  J.  J. 

42  Gunnison  R.  W. 

40  Johnson  C.  B. 

57  MendellL. 

53                   J.  W. 

4  Gurney  L. 

56                    N.  P. 

74  Merrill  F. 

82  Prince  C.  L. 

49                 T. 

5                    S.  ' 

i>7  Meserve  A. 

61                 J.  T. 

66  HadlevD. 

59                    W.  H. 
16  Jones  H.  A. 

19  Messenger  G.  X. 
30  Metcalf  R.  C. 

46  Putnam  A.  L. 
44                   G.  B. 

66  Hafey'C.  M. 
2  HagarJ. 

84              W.  E. 
49  Josselyn  J.  W. 

23                       T. 
13  MillerS.,  Jr. 

46                   W.  A. 

53  HaleA.G.  R. 

£2  K<iini6  J  E 

53  MirickA.K. 

47  RankinW.  J. 

58  Haley  L.  L. 
58                W. 

69  Keay  N.  S.  ' 
78  Keech  G.  T. 

23  Mitchell  H. 
27  Moore  C.  C. 

1  Raymond  S.  E. 
66                     W.  C. 

13  Hall  C.  N. 

68  Keith  C.  H.' 

87               H.  T. 

28  ReadJ.  B. 

63            I.  F. 

23               E.  H. 

27                I. 

58  Reccord  C. 

59             J.  M. 

\K                     4  i     rn 

1  Morehead  J.,  Jr. 

57  ReedH.L. 

72             R. 

OO         •              \jr.   J.  . 

1-5                       J     H 

77  Morrison  E.  K. 

49  RemickA. 

73  Hammond  O.H. 
86  Handy  A.  D. 

56  Kelley  F.  W. 
57                H  W 

80  Morse  H.  L. 
45                L.V. 

52  Reynolds  J. 
40  Rice  J.  M. 

51  Hanna  G.  B. 
42  Hardy  A.  X. 

77  Kendall  C.  F. 
6                    J 

17               S.,  Jr. 
17  Morton  C  ,  Jr. 

81  Rich  G.  P. 
49  Richardson  A.  I. 

1  HarlowA. 

83  Kent  C  C 

87                 F.  H. 

31                        C.  A. 

3                  E.  H. 
22                  J. 
3                  J.  E. 
8  Han-is  B.  W. 

83  KeyesW.' 
87  Kimball  E.  F. 
79  King  F.  M. 
3             PC 

46                  H. 

25                   N. 
77  Munroe  E.  N. 
79  Munsey  G.  F. 

55                         E.  B. 
66  Ring  A.  F. 
77  Ripley  F.  H. 
85  Robinson  C.  W. 

11                C.  W. 
49                G.  A. 

8  Kingman  C.  D. 

Q                                                 T 

86  MurdockF.  F. 

76  Roche  J. 
9  Rodman  H.  A. 

56                 I.  K. 

<j  * 

'8                      T  S 

53  XewcombC.A. 

53                    T. 

52  Hartwell  H.  T. 
62  Haskell  S.  H. 

0  Kingsbury  I.  F. 

17  XewellW. 
15                 W.  H. 

83                    W.  A. 
32  Rogers  G.  W. 

50                 W. 
87  Hastings  G.  H. 
53                     W.  H.  H. 

3  KneelandJ.  ' 
63  Knowlton  F. 

82  Newton  H.  D. 
86  Nichols  W.  F. 
21  Xickerson  F.,  Jr. 

18                  S  R. 
11                 W. 
38  Root  J.  H. 

45  HaswellA.  K. 

6  LaddW.  H. 

17                      J.  G. 

32  Rowe  L.  S. 

58  Hathawav  N. 
68  Hawes  M*  B. 

64  Lane  W.  H. 
0  Lathrop  J.  A. 

77  Xorthup  W.  B. 
16  XourseA. 

46  Rugg  L.,  2nd. 
69  Russell  B.  B. 

53                W. 

2  Lawrence  F.  M. 

52  Xutter  E.  W. 

59                  C.  L. 

46  HaywardE.  R. 

63                      W.  P.  A. 

44  Xutting. 

65                  W.  H. 

59                      G.  F. 

2  Lawton  B.  H. 

7  Ryder  H.  C. 

54                      J.P. 

9  Leach  J.  E. 

7  Oakman  H.  A. 

2                J.  B. 

53                      J.  W. 

0              J.  E. 

0  Oliver  O.  M. 

74                      W.  F. 

6  LeavittL. 

53  Osborne  W.  H. 

0  Sampson  C.  E. 

11                      W.  P. 

87  Heard  A.  E. 

53  LeightonW. 
2  Leonard  C. 

9  Osgoodl.C. 
4  Otis  D.  G. 

1                    E.W. 

46  Sanborn  S.  S. 

19  HerrickG. 

7                   J.  H. 

7                   W.  J. 

65  Hersey  E.  S. 

3                    J.  H. 

7  Packard  C.  W. 

4  Sanderson  E.  S. 

34  Hewett  E.  C. 

1                   L. 

83                    H. 

4                       W.  A. 

11  HewinsH. 

1                   N.,  Jr. 

80                    L.  E. 

2  SanfordA. 

75  Higgins  B.  F. 

6                   P.D. 

8  Paine  B. 

5                   E. 

38  HillE.  L. 

7  Lewis  D.  S. 

0  Palmer  S. 

8                   J.  B. 

59  Hillman  B/T. 

7  Lincoln  E.  H. 

0  Parker  J.  X. 

9                   J.  E. 

57                    VV."  T. 

38                   J.,  Jr. 

S                 S.  A.  W. 

8  Sargent  E.  L. 

85  HobartA. 

I  Littlefleld  G.  T. 

2  Parmenter  P.  G. 

8  Savage  J.  D. 

8                  E.    • 

7                      J.  D. 

53  Parsons  B.  W. 

1  Sawin  H.  C. 

58                   J.  W. 

7                       S. 

4  Paul  A.  W. 

1               J.  M. 

48  Hodsdon  X.  B. 

0  Locke  D.  J. 

7  PeabodyC.  H. 

3               W.  M. 

47  Holbrook  T.  W.  J. 

j5               E.  F. 

9                    E.  H. 

6  Sawyer  H.  L. 

11  Holmes  A. 

9                E.  H. 

33                     S. 

6                  R. 

E.  H. 

t4                G.  W. 

1  Perkins  F. 

2  Seal-borough. 

52                  F.  L. 

7                J*L. 

7                  H. 

6  Sears  C.  H. 

'21                    S. 

6  Lathrop  C. 

7                  X.  S.  C. 

>4              P.  C. 

65                   T.  S. 

2                   H.  T. 

5                   N.  T. 

16  SeaverE. 

10  Hooper  C.  L. 

T.  S. 

?0  Perry  E.  E. 

2                 W.  H. 

46                  G.M. 

1  Levering  X. 

A  Pervear  H.  K. 

6  SeeleyH.J. 

178 


BRIDGEWATER    STATE   NORMAL    SCHOOL. 


Class. 

Class. 

Class. 

Class. 

59  Shaw  F.  W. 

17  StrattonJ. 

80  Tyrrell  W.  C. 

64  Wetherbee  E.  G. 

59              J.  J. 

11  Strobridge  B.  F. 

78   Wheeler  C.  E. 

17               N.  W. 

59  Stuart  C.  F. 

3  Underwood  J.,  Jr. 

54                    G.  A. 

37  Shearman  N. 

24  Sturtevant  J  M. 

4                         J.  M. 

18                    J.  S.  P. 

83  ShuteE.  P. 

24  SumnerA. 

50  Upton  T. 

82  WhiddenH.  R. 

13  Simons  J.  E. 

28                   J. 

40  WhitakerG. 

83  SladeC. 

49                   J.  H. 

72  Varney  W.  E.  J. 

51  Whitcomb  A.  A. 

51  SmalleyG.  L. 

67  SutcliffeJ. 

30  Vose  B.  C. 

8  White  C. 

11  Smiley  J.  V. 

•_>:>>  Swain  J.  H. 

53                E.  M. 

53  Smith  A.  E. 

59  SwanW.  R. 

82  Wadsworth  A.  C. 

56                 G.  A. 

86               B. 

57  Swasey  J  . 

82  WaldronC.  E. 

29  Whiting  L. 

72               D.  D. 

48  Sweet  L.  H. 

80  Wales  G.  E. 

8  Whitman  A.  T. 

13               D.  M. 

24  Sweetser  S. 

8                N. 

23  Whitmore  J.  D. 

59               E.  N. 

2  Sweezy  J.  C. 

57  Walker  H.  N. 

7  Whitney  L.  L. 

14               F.  A. 

68  Symmes  W  .  A, 

13  Walton  D.G. 

38  Wight  0.  L. 

48                F.  C. 

86  Symonds  G. 

10                 G.A. 

51  Wilcox  I.  W. 

34                G.  M. 

30  WardW.H. 

15  WilleyH. 

44                G.  M. 

30  TaberF. 

42  Warren  L.  F. 

12  Williams  A.  H. 

82                G.  O. 

35               G.  A, 

59  WasgattT.  R. 

78                     D.  G. 

39                H.  F. 

10  TalbotA. 

33  Washburn  A.,  Jr. 

12                     G.  B. 

70                H.  W. 

59  Terry  L.  T. 

35                        C.  L. 

14                     G.  D. 

62               R.  W. 

9  ThayerA.  D, 

28                         J.  F. 

11                     V.  H. 

39  Snow  H,  C. 

8  Thomas  C.  C, 

51                         J.  P. 

34  Willis  J.  N. 

59  Soule  N.  T. 

42  Thompson  V. 

87                         L.  I). 

46               N.  E. 

55  Southworth  E. 

72  Toner  J.  E. 

39                         N. 

55  Wilson  C.  H. 

45  Spaulding  E.  F. 

46  Torrey  E. 

79                        W. 

17                  S.  S. 

77                       H.  S. 

51                 J.  A. 

11  Waterman  D.  S. 

61  Winship  A.  E. 

65  Spring  M.  C. 

43  Tourtelotte  F. 

41                      L. 

18  WiswallA. 

84  Stanley  C.  F. 

67  Trask  B.  P. 

59  Waters  A.  J. 

38  Wood  A. 

37  Stanyan  C.  H. 

69  Treadwav  T,H. 

33  Watson  W, 

57               C.  II.  W. 

19  Staples  C. 

57  Treat  J.  " 

31  Webster  W.  A. 

74               J.  C. 

63  Stephen  son  E.  W. 

21  TrippJ.  C. 

24  Weeden  R.  G. 

11               John. 

37  Stetson  A. 

28  Tucker  B. 

84  Weis  F.  M. 

85  Worth  H.  B. 

39  Stevens  C,  J. 

56  Tupper  E.  N. 

27  Wellington  E. 

21                  G.  II. 

84  Turner  C-O. 

49  WentworthD.  C. 

81  Yahbah. 

50  Stockbridge  V.  1  ). 

61                 G.S. 

28                         D.  S. 

74  Young  S. 

49  Stone  O.  B. 

3                 P. 

40                         H.  W. 

27               S.  W. 

83  TuttleJ.H. 

55  West  T.  H. 

86              W.  H. 

86  TwayM. 

25              W.  H. 

LADIES. 

73  Adams  A.  J. 

87  Ashley  M.  J. 

7<;  Barker  M.  E. 

14  Blackington  H. 

72                 A.  L. 

47  AthearnS. 

75  Barns  E. 

13                           N.  M. 

55                 M.  Q. 

26  Atkins  H.M. 

36               E.  A. 

86  Blaikie  I.  M. 

31  Alden  C. 

50                 R. 

84               M.  E. 

39  Blake  H.  A. 

82               C.  B. 

82  Atkinson  E.  T. 

38  Barney  A. 

45               J.  M. 

51               E.  C. 

51                      J.B. 

83                  A.  M. 

58  Blanchard  E.  M. 

76               H.  E. 

12  Atwood  A.  M. 

84  Barrett  E.  P. 

45                        M.  R. 

17               M. 

79                   L.  S. 

74  Barrows  C.  M. 

57                        V.  R. 

25               T. 

47  Austin  J.  F. 

76                     E.  A. 

52  BlandingM.  H. 

73  Aldrich  S.  P. 

66                 J.  C. 

76                     S.  A. 

34  Blish  S.  S. 

79  AlgerC.H. 

80                M.  E. 

33  Bartlett  E.  M. 

59  Bliss  M.  F. 

20  Allen  A.  E. 

86                 S.  J. 

12                  J.  F. 

2  BloodS.  M. 

80               A.  F. 

66  AverillE.R. 

76                  L.  A. 

84   BodfishA.E. 

77               C.  F. 

76                  M.  K. 

41  Bond  M.  F. 

5               E.  A. 

31  Babcock  E.  C. 

46                   M.  W. 

45  Borden  A.  J. 

81               E.  M. 

69                   M.  C. 

38                   S.  E. 

75                  K.  R. 

29              F.  W. 

20                     S.  J. 

71  BartleyC. 

72  Bosworth  E.  A. 

18              H. 

27  Bacon  E.  D. 

76                 J. 

66  Bourne  R.  F. 

79               K.  C. 

75                1.  L. 

82  Bass  A.  F. 

71  Boutelle  C.  P. 

36               L.  C. 

52  Backup  E.  E. 

12  Bassett  C. 

71                   E.  E. 

79               M.  C. 

80  Bailey  S. 

31                  C. 

80  BowenC.W. 

85               M.  C. 

53  Baker  A.  A. 

78                   K. 

10  BowersM. 

80               N.  W. 

72                E. 

75                   E.  J. 

59  Bowman  M.  A. 

24               R.  B. 

85                B.C. 

81                   E.  W. 

58  Boyd  A.  E. 

27  Allyne  H.  M. 

75                E.  F. 

20                   M.  C. 

58             A.F. 

61  AlmyA.  S. 

20                F.  A. 

62                   M.  J. 

49  Boyden  A.  L. 

86               M. 

74                L.  E. 

14                  O.  K. 

51                  E.  A. 

76               S.  B. 

44                 S.  A. 

8                  S.  P. 

12  Boynton  L.  E. 

53  Ames  A. 

34                 S.  J. 

19  Batchelder  S.  R. 

4  Bradford  A.  S. 

80               M.  F. 

86  Balcom  M.  E. 

84  Bates  C.  I. 

51                     L.A. 

82  Anderson  M.  E. 

66  Baldwin  M.  E. 

1              E. 

45                     M.  E. 

87                      M.  L. 

54  Balkam  E.  M. 

7              M. 

74  BraleyE.F. 

82  Andrew  E.  W. 

83  BallE.F. 

63               M.  E. 

79                 M.  A. 

86  Andrews  H.  K. 

79            G.  E. 

4  Battelle  M.  E. 

78  Braman  V.  G. 

81                     I.  E. 

87  Ballou  C.  C. 

29  BealA.  G.  W. 

71  Bray  M.  F. 

73  ArmesA.  F. 

58                L.  L. 

18  Beaumont  E.  F. 

35  BreckA. 

69                C.  A. 

32                0.  S. 

38  Beauvais  A.  H. 

72                L.  S. 

67                E.  M. 

86  Bancroft  C. 

40  Bemis  G.  M. 

38                S.  A. 

53  Arnold  A. 

74                     M.  J. 

75  Bennett  M.  E. 

65  Brett  E.  A. 

65                  A.  L. 

84                    M.  S. 

82  Benson  A.  S. 

47  Briggs  E.  D. 

47                  L.  A. 

82  Barber  C.  J. 

72                  L? 

60                 E.  P. 

87                  S.  L. 

85                M.  S. 

11  BesseyJ.  A. 

34                R.  M. 

31  Ashcroft  E.  L. 

84  Barker  C.  A. 

1                 N.  C. 

77                 M.  S. 

3  Ashley  C.  A. 

61                 K.  L.  W. 

38  BigelowM.  J. 

33  Brigham  A.  E. 

27                  I.  B. 

61                 M.  E. 

ALPHABETICAL    INDEX. 


179 


Class. 

Class. 

Class. 

Jlass. 

40  Brigham  M.  A. 

67  Chase  H.  A. 

85  Crocker  F.  L. 

77  Draper  S.  G. 

47                    M.  A. 

18               H.  B. 

-T,                   M.  R. 

18  Drew  J.  A.  VV. 

8                    S.  B. 

73                 M.  K. 

17  Crooker  E.  A. 

80             J.  M. 

34  Brooks  E. 

19               N.  G. 

7                   H.  R. 

87              S.  E. 

4                  H.  E. 

31                R.  E. 

02  Crosby  A. 

79  Driscoll  I.  G. 

55                  M.  W. 

58  Cheever  E.  C. 

73                 M.  C. 

il    Drown  M.  II. 

55                  R.  C. 

70  ChesleyE.  F. 

59  Crossman  K. 

07  Duckworth  G.  M. 

78  Brown  A.  S. 

85  Chipman  I.  C. 

70  CroucherE. 

73  Dugan  C.  A. 

8S                 C.  E. 

17  Christian  C.  C. 

40  Crowell  P.  S. 

78  Dunbar  C.  P.     , 

14                 C.  R. 

44                     L.  B. 

72  (  'urtis  L.  E. 

05                  L. 

63                  C.  R. 

28                      S. 

12  Cashing  H.  H. 

.8  Dunham  I.  J. 

63                  E.G. 

78  Church  A. 

>2                   I.  L. 

78                    S.  E. 

70                 G. 

70  Churchill  E.  F. 

76                   K.  W. 

78  DupeeM.  A. 

74          .       H.  E. 

37  Clapp  C.  M. 

41                   M. 

tt  Durfey  A.  U. 

77                  G. 

31                F.  A. 

84                    M.  L. 

34  Dwight  C. 

78                  K.  P. 

9                R.  M. 

82  Cushman  C.  D. 

14                  M.  F. 

37                  L.  P. 

04  Clark  E.  M. 

30                      E.  E. 

70  DyerF.  J. 

52                  N.  S. 

40               E.  N. 

75                      E.  E.      . 

75              M.  A. 

58  Brownell  F.  C. 

40               L. 

78                      E.  L. 

H.  P. 

58               M.  F. 

76                      S.  B. 

45  Eaton  A.  M. 

57  Browning  L.  M. 
61  Bryant  E.  A. 

76               M.  T. 
02  Clarke  A.  F. 

57  Cutler  M.  F. 
84  Cutter  A.  K. 

17               C.  W. 
72               M  E. 

47                 H.  C. 

26                 I.  W. 

75                A.  J. 

34  Eberle  M.  A.  E. 

06                  J. 

42                L.M. 

48                C.  F. 

78  EddyF. 

83                L. 

85                 L.  T. 

78                E.  M. 

11  EdsonC.  L. 

12                L.  H. 

85                 M.  E. 

59                I.  L. 

70                E.  C. 

84                M. 

85  Cleare  A.  L. 

83                 J.  P. 

1                J. 

76  Buffington  A.  M. 

86  Clement  I.  M. 

84                J.  S. 

51                        M.  P. 

45  Cloud  H. 

84  DaggettC.J. 

45                M. 

48  Bugbee  A. 

00  CobbH.  A. 

63                    C.  L.  R. 

57                S. 

39  BullardR. 

74              J.  A. 

35  Daman  E.  P. 

34  Edwards  R.  W. 

83  BulleneG. 

57              L.  M. 

87  Damon  A.  C. 

09  Eldridge  L.  K. 

72  BumpM.Ji 

50              M.  E. 

80                  A.  E. 

72                     M.  E. 

51  Bumpers  L.  A. 

63              M.  L. 

15                  E. 

08  Elliott  E.  A. 

82  Bunker  A. 

52              S.  E. 

84                   S.  R. 

80               E.  M. 

49                  P.  W. 

59  Coffin  H.  B. 

37  Dana  M.  M. 

49  Ellis  A.  J. 

24                  S. 

46               J.  A. 

80  Daniels  A.  M. 

31             C. 

40  Burdon  A.  D. 

14   Colby  H.  S. 

34  Darling  A.  S. 

83             C.  E. 

18  Burgess  J.  D. 

18  CoIeL.F. 

43                  C.  H. 

82             F.  L. 

65                   M.  I. 

41  Coleman  S.  H. 

65  Davidson  H.  W. 

49             J.  A. 

52                  S.  A. 

9  Collamore  J. 

84                      L.  A. 

33              M.  M. 

53  BurnapM.  A. 
84   Burn  ham  M.  A. 

80  Collingwood  M.  J. 
81  Comstock  F.  A. 

42  Davie  E. 
77  Davis  C.  A. 

8              M.  W. 
05  Emerson  E. 

77  Bun-age  H.  A. 

56                      L.A. 

84               C.  B. 

7                    M. 

43  Bun-ell  L. 

21  Conant  L. 

65               C.  E. 

82  Emerton  C.  A. 

66  Burse  L.  R. 

1                 L.M. 

85               H.  A. 

80  Evans  L.  V. 

86  Bursley  C.  P. 

45                 P. 

72               J.  E. 

47  Everett  E.  J. 

13  BurtE. 

81  Connell  C.  J. 

78               L.  E. 

54            J.  F. 

45  Conner  S.  W. 

69               M.  A. 

78  Fairchild  A.  J. 

81              J.  R. 

49  Cook  A.  O. 

75               M.  A. 

78                      M.  K. 

17             P. 

24             II. 

40  Day  D.  P. 

77  FalesS.  C. 

30             R.  A. 

72             K.  H. 

48           L.  B. 

03  Farnum  M. 

75             S.  A. 

23             L.  R. 

81  Dean  A.  F. 

48  Farrington  C.  E. 

80  Bush  E.  L. 

74             M.  J. 

75              C.  L. 

31                          K.  C. 

77              R.  A. 

51             O. 

18              .E.  A. 

82                          E.  L. 

73  Buttomer  E.  M. 

70  CoonM.  C. 

4               H. 

47  Faulkner  H. 

73  Copeland  C.  A. 

29               H.  H. 

48  Fay  M.  A. 

86  Cain  L.  W. 

20                     E.F. 

7                L. 

10  Fearing  M. 

72  Campbell  M.  E. 

22                     E.  H.  W. 

02                S.  A. 

S(i  Felt  L.  E. 

47  Capen  B.  T. 

83                     E.  S. 

5  Deane  J.  (i. 

29  Fish  L.  A. 

12                L.  C. 

46                      L. 

54  D'arcy  M.  E. 

51  Field  E.  VV. 

70                L.  C. 

65                     L.F. 

03  Decker  G. 

75  Fisher  A.  E. 

86                 L.  R. 

75                     L.  H.  B. 

70                 I.  G. 

M                      K.  F. 

75                M.  L.  B. 

28                     M. 

87  Deering  A.  A. 

70                 !•:.<;. 

5  Carey  M.  A. 

20                     M.  H. 

6  Delano  A. 

45                       E.  H. 

87-Carnes  A.  E. 

75  Corey  E.  H. 

75                 A.  H. 

38                       J.  T. 

75  Carpenter  E.  F. 

30  Cornell  S.  A. 

82                 C.  E. 

21                       M.  A. 

31                       L.  A. 

21  Cornish  E.  D.  F. 

49  Derby  L.  W. 

39                      M.  C. 

84  Carroll  A.  B. 

18                  S.  S. 

40  Derrick  J.  J. 

81                       M.  C. 

81                 J.  C. 

85  Corthelle  H.  A. 

46  Dewey  F.  A  . 

15                       M.  M. 

28                  M.  A.  A. 

52                      M.  B. 

46                 P.  L. 

33                       P.  D. 

81  Carruth  L.  C. 
75  Carter  A.  B. 

84   Costigan  H.  M. 
83  Cotting  E.  H. 

43  Dewing  C.  C. 
77  Dewyer  M.  A. 

46                       S.  E. 
34  Fiske  A.  S. 

7  Carver  O.  S. 

18  CovingtonH. 

64  Dexter  A.  .M. 

53               C. 

82  Cary  E.  B. 

04  Cowls  E.  I. 

80  Dickerman  A.  C. 

67               H.  L. 

76  CaseE.  R. 

31  Crafts  E. 

17                         M.  J. 

47               S.  B. 

19  Caswell  M.  A. 

31  CraginM.  J. 

82  DikeG. 

75  Fitton  M.  E. 

21                    S.  H. 

30  Crane  E. 

37             L.  S. 

85  Flagg  J.  C. 

17                   S.  K. 

47               E.  S. 

20  DimickC. 

79               L.  L. 

34  Cathelle  P.  B. 

17               M. 

74  Dodge  J. 

30  Flynn  A.  L. 

3  ChaceD. 

39                S. 

23                L.  C. 

28  Fogg  F.  W. 

79               E.  A. 
i8  Chadbourne  H.  R. 

85                 S.  E. 
79  Crapo  A.  M. 

84  Donaghy  M. 
75  Dorgan  M.  L. 

57  Forbes  M.  D. 
57  Foster  M.  A. 

77  Chamberlain  E.  J. 

66                I.  F. 

62  Doton  A.  M. 

81                P.  S. 

9                             F.  M. 

73                S.  A. 

80  DoullE.  L. 

47   Fowlr  M.  M. 

70                             M.  D. 

T--'   <  'ravlon  S.  15. 

02  Dowse  M.  A. 

47                M.  R. 

84  Chapin  L.  M. 

1  Crocker  C. 

55                  M.  K. 

77  Free  I-:,  s. 

78  Chase  C.  M. 

72                   E.  F. 

83  Draper  C.  B. 

63  Freley  II.  W. 

1 
180                            BRIPGEWATER    STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 

Class. 
34  French  C.  B. 

Class. 
48  HannaE.  A. 

Class. 
45  Holmes  L.  D. 

('lass. 
44  Keith  H.  M. 

51                  C.  F. 

72  Harden  M.  C. 

64                  M.  A. 

63              L  B. 

33                 F.  A. 

12  Harding  E.  A. 

82                  M.  L. 

51               M. 

84                  H.  A. 

12                    F.  J. 

69                  0.  S. 

17               M.  E. 

75                  L.  J. 

84                    J.  L. 

62                  S.  B. 

75              M  J 

75                  M.  E. 

12                    M. 

1                  S.  D. 

44                p. 

51                  S.  H. 

1  Harlow  D.  8. 

25                  W. 

65                S.  J. 

49                  S.  R. 

72                  H. 

48  Hood  E.  P. 

72                S  J. 

72                   S.  W. 

4                  L.  W. 

73                   H.  E. 

84  Kelly  E.  M. 

55  Frye  J.  M. 

39                  O.  G. 

16  Hooper  B. 

57               M.  E. 

1  Fuller  A. 

87  Harris  F.  W. 

1                 J.  H. 

83               M.  H. 

65               A.  J. 

07               S.  F. 

58                   L. 

86  Kendall  A.  H. 

39                A.  M.  C. 

79               S.  L. 

4                   S.  A. 

52                   E.  A. 

58                C.  D. 

86  Hart  A.  C. 

81  Hosmer  E.  M. 

84                   J,  E. 

13                C.  J. 

85             J.  M. 

60  Howard  A.  F. 

1                   J.  P. 

22                C.  M. 

14             P.  J. 

57                  C. 

52                   M.  A.  VV. 

6                H. 

3  Hartwell  I.  N. 

14                  E. 

15  Kennedy  K. 

66  Fullerton  H.  L. 

62  Haskell  A.  E. 

79                  M.  S. 

03  Kenney  P.  s. 

81                  L.  B. 

37  Howe  C.  M. 

69  Kenric'k  E. 

84  GatfneyK. 
15  Gale  C.  R. 

53  Hastings  A.  S. 
50  Haswell  S.  J. 

37               L.  B. 

70               M. 

78  Keves  E.  F. 
59  Kilburn  F.  E. 

74  Galiahger  E.  F. 

23  Hatch  A.  W. 

86  Howes  C.  E. 

*4  Kilbreth  E. 

82  Gamans  31.  K. 

16                J.  A. 

73                 G.  F. 

86  Kimballll    M. 

8-2  Gardner  A.  E. 

80                L.  L. 

15                 H. 

W                    31.  J). 

31                    C.  M. 

85  Hatchman  G.  H. 

72                 H. 

65   King  A.  F. 

82                     C.  M. 

61  Hathawav  H.  M. 

55                 M.  A. 

75             H.  L. 

38                      E. 

26                       I.  S. 

54                 S.  F. 

28              M.  H. 

40                    H.  A. 

18                       L.  D. 

46  Howland  A.  A. 

51  Kingsman  A. 

76                     H.  R. 

58                       L.  P. 

82                      E.  C. 

50                        H.  N. 

34                     M.  E. 

84                       M.  B. 

64                       F. 

84                        I.  C. 

82                    S.  C. 

80                       M.  C. 

67                       H.  M. 

54                        L.  A. 

70                    S.  F. 

17                       0.  D. 

3                       H.  T. 

62                        L.  A. 

27                    S.  M. 

73                       S.  A. 

67                       L.  N. 

32                        M. 

81  Gassett  L.  E. 

17                       S.  P. 

52                       M.  0. 

64                      31.  A. 

78  Gay  M.  E. 
1            0.  C. 

28  Haven  M. 
46  Hawes  E.  M. 

52                       M.  P. 
52                       P.  F. 

53  Kingsbury  H.  F. 
68  Kirby  8.  W. 

33  Gerry  B. 

47                 M.  E. 

62  HoxieS. 

47  Getchell  S.  B. 
87  Gibbs  E.  M. 

47  Hayden  L.  J. 
76                   M.  E. 

9  Hubbard  E.  A. 
59  Hughes  M.  E. 

48  Lackey  31.  B. 
22  Ladd  A.  C. 

75  Gifford  E.  D. 

60  Hayward  C.  L. 

47                   V. 

87  Lane  31. 

71                 E.  M. 

66                    E.  M. 

76  Humphrey  J.  P. 

59               s. 

73                 F. 

28                     L. 

15  Hunt  A.  J. 

so  Lanman  A.  L. 

37  Gilmore  A.  S. 

45                     M.  A. 

86             A.V. 

46  Laselle  H.  G. 

52                   J.  E. 

15                     M.  K. 

34             M.  J. 

79  Lawrence  E. 

50  Goodell  M.  F. 

35                      M.  P. 

37   Hurd  M.  F. 

67                       I.  A. 

86  Goodhue  A.  J. 

19                      R. 

84  Hiitchinson  E.  H. 

70  Leach  C.  W. 

83  Goodwin  F.  B. 

61  Hazard  A.  A. 

39  Hyde. 

22                E.  G. 

75  Goss  E.  M. 

82  Hearsev  A.  L. 

20               H.A. 

86            O.  A. 

04  Hedge  E.  D. 

31   IdeA.  C. 

3              H.  H. 

74             S.  A. 

76  HemphillF.  W. 

29  Ireson  A   S. 

45               H.  31. 

65  Gould  C.  F. 

55  HenshawS.   A. 

79  Ivers  E.  F. 

55               31.  T. 

82  Gove  H.  E. 

83  Herrick  E.  J. 

70               S.  31. 

66  Goward  E.  E. 

35  HerseyM.  J. 

75  Jackman  L.  C. 

49  Leavitt  S.  D. 

81  Gray  A. 

53                  S.  L. 

19  Jackson  J. 

53  Lefler3I.  E. 

59  Greene  M.  A. 

83  Hewett  M.  E. 

61                   M.  E. 

15  Leonard  A. 

37                 P. 

81  Hicks  L.  A. 

80  Jacobs  E.  F. 

23                     A. 

71  Greenfield  ET.  E. 

33  HigginsC.  M. 

2  James  A.  A. 

86                    C.  C. 

81  Gregory  M.  A. 

80  Higginbottom  M.  A. 

79                E.  F. 

68                     C.  F- 

57  Grover  C.  A. 

34  Hill  A.  H. 

1                 H. 

5                     C.  31. 

76                 E.  E. 

55            H.  E. 

70                  S.  V. 

77                     E. 

61                  M.  A. 

84            J.K. 

36  JenneyM.  T. 

62                     E.  F. 

20             S.  J. 

63  Jenkins  F.  A. 

V2                     E.  31. 

77  Hale  E.  J. 

74   Hills  H.  M. 

40                    L. 

1                     F. 

70              G.  E. 

80  Hinchey  S.  H. 

79                   L.  E. 

73                     F. 

74  Halev  A.  R. 

74  Hinckley  A.  M. 

83  Johnson  A.  D. 

17                     J.  A. 

19   HallA. 

30                     E. 

40                     C.  L. 

68                     L.  A. 

18             B.  A. 

38                      L. 

38                     E. 

6                     L.  T. 

80             E. 

26  Hitch  E.  B. 

43                     E.  F. 

9                     M. 

71              F. 

9  Hixon  J.  M. 

28                     J. 

65                     31.  H. 

52             H.  K. 

12  Hobart  C.  H. 

23                     M.  C. 

85                     31.  K. 

33             L.  E. 

47                O.  M. 

76                     M,  K. 

81                     31.  31.  31. 

20             M.  A. 

31  Hodges  A.  W. 

35                     M.  R. 

59                     S.  E. 

31              M.  A. 

75                   E.  B. 

34  Jones  C.  E. 

34  Lewis  E.  B. 

51             M.  B. 

74                   J.  B. 

75               E.  B. 

37               E.  L. 

63             M.  O. 

64  Holdbrook  H.  A. 

31                L.  S. 

80              M.  T. 

83  Hamblin  E.  T. 

57                         M   A. 

25               O.  C. 

69               S. 

71  Hambly  S.  M. 

86                          S.  E. 

81                S.  A. 

85  Levi  E.  V. 

72  Hamilton  E. 

36                          S.  W. 

16  Josselyn  E.  M. 

12  Lincoln  C.  R.  T. 

72  Hammett  A. 

6                          V. 

56                    H.  G. 

55                  E. 

72                      L. 

8  Holland  F.  T. 

77                  E.  31. 

70  Hammond  C. 

25                   L.  P. 

32  KaimeM.  A. 

3                   E.  W. 

55                       M.  E. 

Cl  Hollis  M.  A. 

72  KavanaghM.  J. 

75                   L.  L. 

82                         M.  J. 

78  Holmes  A.  C. 

11  Keith  A. 

52                   31. 

49                        S.  L. 

76                  A.  M. 

28                A.  A. 

78                   M.  L. 

78  Hammons  M.  E. 

3                  B.  A. 

86               A.  A. 

0                   R.  P. 

73  Handy  A.  J. 

54                  E.  M. 

49                E.  A. 

12                   S.  G. 

74                C.  J. 

52                  H.  E. 

47               E.  M. 

52  LindseyE.L. 

74                E. 

7                  H.  G. 

47               H.  A. 

15  Littlefleld  C.  A. 

ALPHABETICAL    INDEX. 


181 


Class. 

Class. 

lass. 

Class. 

75  Littlefleld  V.  V. 

87  Morse  M,  V. 

62  Perkins  P.  R. 

40  RideoutE. 

75  Longley  S.  E. 
56  Lord  A  .  C. 

25                1'.  M. 

20                K.A. 

57                  R.  S. 
73  Perry  A.  L. 

W  Ring  L.  B. 
72             M.  M. 

5  Loring  S. 

44                S. 

85               E.  O.  B. 

42  Robbins  I.  G. 

:W  Lothrop  E.  E. 

1  Morton  A. 

72  Peterson  E.  W. 

4-2                    L.  F. 

;.,                F.  E. 

76                  L.  D. 

48                     M.  H. 

42                   L.  R. 

74                    H.  A. 

62  Mosher  A.  J. 

52  Pettengill  R.  R. 

42                   R.  D. 

:B                s.  c. 

35  MowryM.  A. 

60  PettisE.  B. 

44  Robinson  A.  L. 

83  Levering  E.  M. 

60  Munroe  C. 

29  PevearM.  E. 

1                     C.  E. 

47  Loud  S.  B. 

19                 D.  C. 

78  Phelps  G.  M. 

79                      E.  C. 

:«•  Lowe  M.  F. 

60                  S.  C. 

80                L.E. 

77                      E.  M. 

(50  Luce  A.  W. 

38  MunyanH.  L. 

85  Phinney  A.  C. 

25                      H. 

78  Luzarder  A.I. 

79                    E.  H. 

55                      H.  A. 

80  Ly.on  S.  I). 

61  NashM.  E. 

76  Pickens  L.  H. 

29                      I.  E. 

78  Newcomb  E.  W. 

80                   M.  B. 

59                      M.  E. 

:!<•>   MacomberE.  M. 

50  Newell  M.  B. 

13  Pickett  L. 

55  Roberts  R.  A. 

1!)                           H.  S. 

55                 S. 

61  Pierce  A.  B. 

55  Rodman  E. 

7-2    .Macunla  A.  11. 

73  Nichols  C.  M. 

39                 A.  L. 

71  Rogers  E.  L. 

>."»    MacyE.  E. 

75                  E.  C. 

86                A.  M. 

79                 L.  E. 

:;:;            E.  G. 

45                  F. 

61                 B.  H. 

34  Ross  H. 

45               E.  G. 

45                  M. 

71                 C.  J.  F. 

47  RotchR. 

86                M.  .M. 

12                  S.  0. 

50  Pillsbury  K.  B. 

53  Rounseville  C. 

4C.   MahaffeyJ.  C. 

62  NickersonD. 

37  PinkhamE.M. 

61                          P.  W. 

C.   .Mann  M.  A. 

49                       R.  A. 

25  Pond  S.  D. 

33  Rowe  S.  A. 

76               M.  E. 

47                       R.  H. 

45  Poor  A.  R. 

48  Rowland  D. 

4               M.  R. 

36                       S.  S. 

16  PopeE. 

35  Rugg  M.  A. 

M    .MansonE.  F. 

34  Niles  M.  E. 

61              P.  H. 

46              S.  H. 

81  Marble  A.  L. 

54  North  F.  M. 

69  Porter  S.  L. 

19  Russell  E.  B. 

Mi   Martin  A.  L. 

52  Norton  J.  G. 

18  Potter  E. 

22                  M. 

51    Mason  A. 

14  Nourse  M.  B. 

27               E. 

8  Rust  M.  H. 

84                 C.  A. 

80  Noves  A.  L. 

2                R.  H. 

70  Ryder  L.  A. 

50                 F.  A. 

87                H.  E. 

14  Pratt  D. 

85                M.  L. 

51                 R. 

65                H.  O. 

32              E. 

34                R.  C. 

27  Maxfield  S.  R. 

55                K.  M. 

73               L.  F. 

86  Maxim  O.  L. 

70                I.  A. 

12               M.  C. 

20  Salisbury  A.  M. 

34  May  A.  F. 

19                S.  G. 

21               M.  N. 

45  Sampson  C. 

71            A.  M. 

49  Nye  A.  M. 

55               S.  E. 

2                     E. 

(Hi  McCarter  M.  F. 

75            M.  E. 

69               S.  E. 

23                     M. 

76  McConnellH. 

74  Pray  S.  A.  C. 

45                     M.  D. 

78                        0. 

87  Oglevee  A.  E. 

67  PrescottE.  A. 

6  Samson  B.  J. 

74   McDanielsO. 

76  Omey  I.  A. 

67                    M.  L. 

62  Sanborn  K.  M.  G. 

S4   McDonnell  E.  G. 

46  Orchard  M.  H. 

67  Price  E.  J. 

83                    I.  H. 

68  MeFarlandF. 

69  Osborne  L. 

28              M.  S. 

66  Sanders  A.  S. 

38                         F.  P. 

47  Osgood  M.  S. 

76  Prince  C.  C. 

36  SanfordS.  H. 

54  Mclntyre  M.  S. 

65  Ottiwell  M.  E.  H. 

46  Proctor  M. 

78  SavilleL. 

74   McLeodE. 

25                    S.  D. 

59  Pulsifer  E.  D. 

84  SawtelleE.  P. 

77  McWilliamsM. 

83  OylerC.  L. 

83  PurdyE.  J. 

56  Sawyer  H.  E. 

:J7   M  cader  M.  J. 

73  Purinton  C.  E. 

67                 M.  B. 

s',    Mears  A.  I. 

2  Packard  A.  A. 

58                  M.  E. 

::o   MeggethM.  J.  W. 

73                     A.  H. 

58  Quincy  A.  M. 

19                  t. 

58  Mendell  M.  8. 

65                     E.  M. 

84  Sayer  C.  M. 

4;i   Merrills.  F. 

86                     H.  M. 

35  Randall  C.  L. 

3  Scarborough  C. 

x:   MetcalfC.  I. 

60                     J.  A. 

73                   E.  A. 

53  ScofieldE.  L. 

29                  H.S. 

60      .               M.  J. 

52                   M.  A. 

11  Scott  A. 

35                   N.  N. 

61                     S.  B. 

86  Rausch  K.  A  . 

21             C.  F. 

40   Mi  Her  A.  F. 

86  Page  C.  E. 

19  Raymond  A.  S. 

40             M.  E. 

76                C.  E. 

50             E.  E. 

40                      C.H. 

58  Seabury  C. 

58                H.B. 

74             E.  R. 

62                      J.  P. 

76  Sears  E.  A. 

69  Millet  L.  B. 

80  Paige  N.  E. 

1                      S.  L. 

84              F.  H. 

6o           s.  B. 

84  Paine  E. 

29  Read  E.  M. 

76              I.  M. 

87  Mills  A.  A. 

76  Palmer  G. 

71              S.  R. 

52              J.  A. 

87               L.  B. 

52  Parish  E.  F. 

84  Redington  E. 

78              M.H. 

75              M.  L. 

34                E.  J. 

62  Reed  A. 

20  Shankland  S.  E. 

68  MinterM.  E. 

80  Parker  A.  M. 

81             E.  J. 

30  Shaw  A.  M. 

80  Mitchell  A.  S. 

84                 A.  P. 

87              E.  M. 

11              C.  W. 

03                   K. 

60               c.  M. 

40              H.  M. 

58               E.  M. 

•21                    P. 

18                 E. 

82              M.  E. 

8                H.  L. 

33                    S.  A. 

71                  L.  R. 

63              M.  F. 

38               L.  E. 

71  Monroe  D.  T. 

73                 M.  A. 

58              S. 

49               M.  H. 

71  Moore  C.  G. 

15                 M.  W. 

80  Regan  E.  F. 

68               R.  C. 

71                H.S. 

36  ParkmanO.  A. 

58  Reid  I.  M. 

35               S.  H. 

22                M.  E,  D. 

72  Patch  M.  F. 

84  Rice  H.  B. 

71  Shea  M.  A.  A. 

51                 R.  C. 

52               M.  J. 

54            M.  E. 

71            M.  L. 

27                 S.  H. 

71  PaullM.  F. 

77             R.  F. 

45  SheddE.  E. 

77  Morey  A.  E. 

67  Peabody  E.  F. 

52            S.  E. 

7  Shepherd  S. 

79                E. 

68                     M.  F. 

81  Rich  H.  P. 

78  Sherman  B.  W. 

77  Morris  H.  L. 

74  Pease  C.  A. 

49             M.  M. 

32                    L.  A. 

4>    Morrison  C.  E. 

29  PeckS.  M. 

66  Richards  A. 

87                     M. 

51                      D.  C. 

70  Peckham  E.  W. 

78                   C>.  K. 

6  Shockley  A.  B. 

51                      L. 

70                      L.  B. 

71                     E. 

6                     M.  F. 

21  Morse  A.M. 

81                      M.  E. 

62  Richardson  H.  V. 

9  ShoreyH.  N. 

C.  E. 

51  Penniman  A.  M. 

86                          L.  O. 

69  Simmons  B.  P. 

81                F.  C. 

69                      H.  L. 

62                          M.  B. 

61                     E.  M. 

:  t             H.  H. 

85  PerkinnC. 

80                          M.  B. 

84                     0.  M. 

86               K.  L. 

76                   C.  L. 

60                         N.  M. 

37  Simpson  A.  A. 

45                L  E. 

50                   H.  F. 

65  Richmond  H.  M. 

37                    F.  L. 

73                L.  E. 

60                   M.  B. 

61  Ricketson  M.S. 

61  Small  M.  F. 

40                M.  E. 

44                   M.  W. 

6fi  Riddell  L.  s. 

69  Smith  A. 

182 


BRIDGEWATER   STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 


Class. 

Class. 

Class. 

Class 

38  Smith  A.  D. 

78  Taber  R.  L.  H. 

76  Vinal  A.  M. 

19  White  M.  B. 

38              A.  E. 

31  Taft  A.  S. 

34              M.  E. 

8                M.  P. 

85               A.  L. 

33            E. 

84  Vincent  C.  S. 

32                S.H. 

69               C. 
25               E.  G. 

78            H.  H. 
36            H.  M. 

19  VintonE.  O. 
81  Vose  E.  J. 

51  Whiting  A.  G. 
57  Whitman  M. 

72               F.  A. 
72               H.  A. 

36             S.  F. 
56             S.  J. 

25              M.  E. 

22               S.  M. 

62  Whitney  A.  D. 
55                    A.  M. 

72               H.  W. 

73  Taggart  M.  F. 

66                    M.  P.  C 

37              J.  B. 

76  Talbot  F.  M  . 

15   Wadsworth  E. 

84  Whorf  L.  W. 

51               K. 

79                F.  M. 

81                           M.A. 

82  Wickes  A  D. 

80               L.  N. 

28  Tallant  C.  L. 

84  Waite  S.  A. 

32  Wight  A. 

15                M. 

82  Tappan  L.  H. 

65  WakefieldO.  A. 

84                M.  B.  A. 

80               M. 

13                   M. 

74  Waldron  F.  H. 

48                 S.  H. 

35               M.  A. 

20  TauntS.  J. 

8                      S.  G. 

61  Wilbar  S.  S. 

22                M.E. 

79  Taylor  A.  H. 

78  Walker  E.  A. 

17  WilberH. 

72               M.  E. 

5                 B.  C. 

17                 L.  M. 

83                 L.  M. 

31               M.  J. 

1                C. 

45                  M.  E. 

86  Wilbur  A.F. 

72               M.  M. 

11                 E. 

78                  S.  A. 

81                  S.  A. 

70                M.  R. 

18                L.  B. 

82                  S.  A. 

83                  S.  E. 

15               N. 

53                 M.  F. 

86                   S.J. 

48  Wild  A.M. 

48               N.  S. 

35                 M.  J. 

68                  S.  R. 

75  Wilde  A.M. 

55               R.  M. 

87                 M.  N. 

79  Wallace  A.  G. 

79               A.  M. 

75  SnellJ. 

71  Tenney  L.  S. 

81   Walton  M. 

45                S.  V. 

75  Snow  L.  A.  S. 

79  Thacher  A.  R. 

76  Ward  H.  F. 

31  Wilder  M.  S. 

11              S. 

86                   c.  B. 

21  Ware  A.  B. 

63  Willey  S.  C. 

79  Somes  J.  H. 

34  Thain  M.  R. 

20               A.  M. 

73  Williams  A.  S. 

40  Soule  C.  E. 

47  Thaxter  L.  M. 

16              J.  L. 

48                     A.  W. 

85  Southwick  C.  E. 

40                    R.  A. 

18               M.  E. 

82                      E.  E. 

78                          M.  L. 

63  Thayer  A.  A. 

15  Washburn  C. 

75                       H.A. 

36                         M.  U.  F. 

83                  A.  C. 

38                        E.  C. 

67                       H.E. 

20  Southworth  M.  P. 

55                  M.  A. 

39                        F.  W.  D. 

61                      L.  A. 

78  Sparrow  C.  L. 

24                   H.  H. 

49                        H.  A. 

38                     M.D. 

2   SpauldingH. 

59  Thomas  E. 

1                        J.  A. 

63                       M.E. 

65                       S.  A. 

86                   E.  L. 

4                        L. 

19                      M.  H. 

87  Spear  C.  F. 

80                   J.  B. 

63                         L. 

4                     M.  R. 

17  Sprague  A.  C. 

85                   L. 

66                         L.  M. 

54                        S.  A. 

47                   H.C. 

70                   L.  A. 

20                          M. 

50  Willis  L.  G. 

85  Springer  C.  B. 

71                   S.  0. 

17                          S. 

32  Wilmarth  R.  S. 

33                    M.E. 

86    Thompson  A.  L. 

85                         S.  C. 

71  Winchester  H.  E. 

82  Squiers  C.  E. 

52                         A.  M. 

46  Watson  C.  F. 

(U   WinnH.  P. 

73  Stackpole  S.  N. 

55                        E. 

76                    E.  B. 

73               S.  D. 

62  Stanley  A.  F. 

40                        J.  C. 

77  Webb  f!.  O. 

32  Winning  M.  F. 

74                  E.  W. 

55                         M. 

12                E.  P. 

13  Winslow  C. 

58  Stearns  H.  F. 

80                          M.  A. 

46                 F.  W. 

2                   C.  H. 

76  SteeleM. 

85                          M.E. 

39  Webster  M.  E. 

77                   E.  J. 

1  Stephens  M. 

81                          M.  F. 

85  Weeks  L.  H. 

81                    H.  W. 

61  Stephenson  C.  L. 

49                          S.  B. 

76  Wefer  M.  E. 

7                   0.  P. 

49  Stetson  R.  J. 

52  TiddO. 

32  Weld  E.  M. 

66  WinwardE.  A. 

10  Stiles  E.  P. 

1  TildenC. 

45               S.  J. 

80  Wiswall  A.  M. 

86  Stinchfield  M.  L. 

74                G. 

40  Wentworth  J.  A. 

59  Witherell  M.  A. 

38  Stockbridge  A. 

63  TillsouA.  F. 

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